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MIRI wants to fund your independently-organized Friendly AI workshop

To support Friendly AI research around the world, our new MIRIx program funds mathematicians, computer scientists, and formal philosophers to organize their own Friendly AI workshops. A MIRIx workshop can be as simple as gathering some of your friends to...

Christof Koch and Stuart Russell on machine superintelligence

Recently, Science Friday (hosted by Ira Flatow) featured an interview (page, mp3) with Christof Koch and Stuart Russell about machine superintelligence. Christof Koch is the Chief Scientific Officer of the Allen Institute for Brain Science, and Stuart Russell is a...

Liveblogging the SV Gives Fundraiser

Today MIRI is participating in a massive 24-hour fundraiser called SV Gives. Strategy details here, donate here. This blog post will be updated many times throughout the day. Total donated to MIRI: $110,245. Total prizes & matching won for MIRI:...

Calling all MIRI supporters for unique giving opportunity!

Update: We are liveblogging the fundraiser here. Read our strategy below, then give here!   As previously announced, MIRI is participating in a massive 24-hour fundraiser on May 6th, called SV Gives. This is a unique opportunity for all MIRI...

Help MIRI in a Massive 24-Hour Fundraiser on May 6th

Update: We’re now liveblogging the fundraiser here. On May 6th, MIRI is participating in Silicon Valley Gives. We were selected to participate along with other local Bay Area charities by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. On this day, we recommend...

Recent Hires at MIRI

MIRI is proud to announce several new team members (see our Team page for more details): Benja Fallenstein attended four of MIRI’s past workshops, and has contributed to several novel results in Friendly AI theory, including Löbian cooperation, parametric polymorphism,...