MIRI is a nonprofit research organization with a mission of addressing the most serious hazards posed by smarter-than-human artificial intelligence. In our general strategy update and communications strategy update earlier this year, we announced a new strategy that we’re executing on at MIRI, and several new teams we’re spinning up as a result. This post serves as a status update on where things stand at MIRI today.

We originally planned to run a formal fundraiser this year, our first one since 2019. However, we find ourselves with just over two years of reserves, which is more than we’ve typically had in our past fundraisers.

Instead, we’ve written this brief update post, discussing recent developments at MIRI, projects that are in the works, and our basic funding status. In short: We aren’t in urgent need of more funds, but we do have a fair amount of uncertainty about what the [...]

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(01:22) About MIRI

(02:55) Funding Status

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First published:
December 3rd, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/wC5c8kFExofeLoyn9/miri-s-2024-end-of-year-update

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“MIRI’s 2024 End-of-Year Update” by Rob Bensinger

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