Item | Value |
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Other names | MIRI, SIAI, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence |
Country | United States |
Facebook username | MachineIntelligenceResearchInstitute |
YouTube username | user/MIRIBerkeley |
Twitter username | MIRI |
Website | https://intelligence.org |
Team page | https://intelligence.org/team/ |
Launch date | 2000-01-01 |
Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Intelligence_Research_Institute |
Timelines Wiki page | https://timelines.issarice.com/wiki/Timeline_of_Machine_Intelligence_Research_Institute |
Hosted organizations | AI Impacts |
Donations List Website (data still preliminary) | donor, donee |
Agendas | Embedded agency, Alignment for advanced machine learning systems |
Hover over a name to see the position and date range. This table only includes positions where at least the start date is known. The positions count can count the same person multiple times if they held different positions; similarly, the list of staff may include the same person multiple times if they held more than one position during a single year. For each year, a person is included if they were at the organization for any part of the year; this means the actual staff count at any point during the year can be lower (or higher, if some staff held multiple positions in a single year).
The following table lists some dates and people who were at the organization on the given date (namely, the start of the year). The table may not list every person who worked for the organization (e.g. they could have joined and left in the middle of a single year). This table excludes associates, interns, advisors, and board members.
This table shows the full change history of positions. Each row corresponds to at least one addition or removal of a position. Additions are in green and subtractions are in red. If a position name changed, it is listed simultaneously as an addition (of the new name) and removal (of the old name) and colored yellow. Additionally there are faded variants of each color for visited links.
Person | Title | Start date | End date | Employment type | Source | Notes |
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Katja Grace | Researcher, AI Impacts | 2016-03-01 | [1], [2] | |||
Nicolas Gagné | Intern | 2014-04-01 | 2014-08-31 | intern | [3] | |
Oliver Habryka | Volunteer | 2013-06-01 | 2013-08-01 | volunteer | [4], [5] | Mentioned as a featured volunteer in MIRI’s newsletter as someone who proofreads MIRI’s work. |
Zach Davis | Volunteer | [6] | ||||
Aaron Silverbook | Office Manager | 2016-07-01 | 2018-04-01 | full-time | [7], [8] | |
Aaron Silverbook | Operations | 2018-04-02 | 2018-05-28 | [9], [9] | ||
Abraham Wolk | Visiting Fellow | 2011-01-01 | 2011-05-14 | [10] | ||
Abram Demski | Research Associate | 2015-04-01 | 2017-07-01 | [11], [12] | ||
Abram Demski | Research Fellow | 2017-07-21 | [13], [14] | |||
Alex Altair | Research Associate | 2013-05-01 | 2015-03-01 | [15], [16] | ||
Alex Altair | Research Fellow | 2012-10-01 | 2013-05-01 | [17], [15] | ||
Alex Appel | Intern | 2018-06-01 | 2018-09-01 | intern | [18] | |
Alex Mennen | Intern | 2018-06-01 | 2018-09-01 | intern | [18] | |
Alex Vermeer | Process and Projects | 2018-04-01 | [8], [14] | |||
Alex Vermeer | Program Management Analyst | 2012-01-01 | 2018-04-01 | [19], [16], [8] | First appeared on the team page in November 2013. | |
Alex Zhu | Intern | 2018-06-01 | 2018-09-01 | intern | [18] | |
Allison Taguchi | Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations | 2007-04-01 | 2007-08-01 | [20], [21] | ||
Allison Taguchi | Director of Development | 2006-08-01 | 2007-04-01 | [22], [20] | ||
Alyssa Vance | Research Assistant | 2008-06-01 | 2008-08-01 | [23] | ||
Amy Willey | Chief Compliance Officer | 2010-02-01 | 2010-05-01 | [24], [25] | ||
Amy Willey | Chief Operating Officer | 2010-05-01 | 2013-01-01 | [25], [26] | ||
Andrew Critch | General Advisor | 2018-04-01 | 2018-05-01 | [27], [9] | ||
Andrew Critch | Research Fellow (on leave) | 2017-03-01 | 2018-01-01 | [28], [29] | ||
Andrew Critch | Research Fellow | 2015-09-01 | 2017-03-01 | [30], [28] | ||
Andrew Hay | Visiting Fellow | 2009-01-01 | 2010-08-22 | [31], [32] | ||
Andrew Lapinski-Barker | Office Manager | 2015-09-01 | 2016-10-01 | [33], [7] | ||
Andrew Rettek | Volunteer Coordinator | 2009-04-01 | 2012-08-01 | volunteer | [34] | |
Andriy Brodskyy | Visiting Fellow | 2009-01-01 | 2010-08-01 | [31], [32] | ||
Anja Heinisch | Research Associate | 2013-05-01 | 2014-02-01 | [15], [35] | ||
Anna Salamon | Board Director | 2015-08-01 | [36], [37], [38], [14] | |||
Anna Salamon | Research Fellow | 2010-01-01 | 2013-01-01 | [39], [26] | ||
Antonius Lourenço Kasbergen | Research Fellow | 2014-04-01 | 2016-01-01 | [40] | ||
Aruna Vassar | Donor Relations Manager/Summit Organizer | 2010-05-01 | 2011-03-01 | [25], [41] | ||
Aubrey de Grey | Advisor | 2005-03-01 | 2013-08-01 | [42], [43] | ||
Barney Pell | Advisor | 2006-12-01 | 2013-08-01 | [44], [43] | ||
Bart Selman | Research Advisor | 2015-07-01 | 2018-05-01 | [45], [9] | ||
Ben Goertzel | Advisor | 2010-08-01 | 2013-08-01 | [46], [43] | ||
Ben Goertzel | Director of Applied Research | 2010-02-01 | 2010-05-01 | [24], [47] | ||
Ben Goertzel | Director of Research | 2007-04-01 | 2010-02-01 | [20], [24] | ||
Ben Hoskin | Visiting Fellow | 2010-08-01 | 2010-10-01 | [48], [10] | ||
Ben Weinstein-Raun | Research staff | 2018-06-01 | 2021-06-01 | full-time | [49], [50] | |
Benjamin Mann | Software Engineer | 2017-07-01 | 2017-10-01 | intern | [51], [52] | |
Benya Fallenstein | Research Associate | 2013-05-01 | 2014-02-01 | [15], [53] | ||
Benya Fallenstein | Research Fellow | 2014-06-01 | [54], [37], [55], [14] | |||
Bill Hibbard | Research Associate | 2013-05-01 | 2015-10-01 | [15], [33] | ||
Blake Borgeson | Board Director | 2018-09-30 | board member | [56], [14] | ||
Blake Borgeson | General Advisor | 2017-11-01 | 2018-05-01 | [57], [58], [9] | ||
Brian Atkins | Board Chairman | 2006-12-01 | 2010-01-01 | [59], [60] | ||
Brian Atkins | Board Director | 2000-07-27 | 2006-12-01 | [61], [59] | ||
Brian Atkins | President/Chair | 2000-07-27 | 2006-12-01 | [61], [59] | ||
Bruce Klein | Director of Outreach | 2007-04-01 | 2009-09-01 | [20], [62] | ||
Bryan Bishop | Programmer | 2008-07-01 | 2008-08-01 | volunteer | [63] | |
Buck Shlegeris | Engineer | 2017-12-01 | full-time | [64], [65], [50], [14] | Also helps with recruiting. | |
C. Colby Thomson | Associate Director of Strategy | 2007-10-01 | 2007-11-01 | [66], [67] | ||
C. Colby Thomson | Director of Strategy | 2007-11-01 | 2009-05-01 | [67], [68] | ||
Cameron Taylor | Project Manager | 2012-03-01 | 2012-12-01 | [69] | ||
Carl Shulman | Research Fellow | 2012-04-01 | 2013-09-01 | [70], [71] | ||
Carl Shulman | Visiting Fellow | 2009-01-01 | 2011-05-14 | [31], [10] | ||
Carolyn L. Burke | Communications Director | 2006-07-01 | 2006-10-01 | [72], [73] | ||
Carson Jones | Office manager | 2018-08-01 | [50], [74] | |||
Christian Rovner | Volunteer Coordinator | 2004-06-01 | 2005-02-01 | [75], [76] | ||
Christian Rovner | Webmaster | 2005-02-01 | 2006-12-01 | [76], [77] | ||
Christine Peterson | Advisor | 2005-03-01 | 2013-08-01 | [42], [43] | ||
Christine Peterson | General Advisor | 2014-06-01 | [78] | |||
Colm Ó Riain | Communications and Development Strategist | 2016-07-01 | 2017-07-01 | [7], [12] | ||
Colm Ó Riain | Development | 2017-07-01 | 2018-04-01 | [12] | ||
Colm Ó Riain | Growth | 2018-04-01 | [8], [14] | |||
Connor Flexman | Writing Assistant | 2016-07-01 | 2016-11-01 | [79] | ||
Daniel Demski | Intern | 2018-06-01 | 2018-09-01 | intern | [18], [80] | November 2019: Long-Term Future Fund Grant Recipient |
Daniel Dewey | Research Associate | 2011-01-01 | 2015-01-01 | [15], [81] | Did not appear on MIRI team page until May 2013. | |
Daniel Lewis | Volunteer | 2013-12-01 | 2013-12-31 | intern | [82] | |
Daniel Roth | Singularity Summit Organized | 2012-10-01 | 2012-10-31 | volunteer | [83] | |
David Hart | Director of Open Source Projects | 2007-11-01 | 2010-04-01 | [67], [84] | ||
Dávid Natingga | Intern | 2013-09-01 | 2013-09-30 | [85] | ||
David Simmons | Intern | 2018-06-01 | 2018-09-01 | intern | [18] | |
Dennis Fan | Visiting Fellow | 2010-08-22 | 2011-05-14 | [32], [10] | ||
Diego Caleiro | Visiting Fellow | 2011-05-14 | 2011-09-08 | [10], [86] | ||
Edward Kmett | Research staff | 2018-12-01 | 2022-01-01 | full-time | [87], [88] | |
Edwin Evans | Board Chair | 2010-01-01 | [60], [12] | |||
Eliezer Yudkowsky | Board Director | 2000-07-27 | 2006-12-01 | [61], [89] | ||
Eliezer Yudkowsky | Board Director | 2010-01-01 | [36], [60], [12] | |||
Eliezer Yudkowsky | Research Fellow | 2006-12-01 | 2014-08-01 | [90], [91] | ||
Eliezer Yudkowsky | Secretary/Treasurer | 2000-07-27 | 2006-12-01 | [61], [89], [90] | ||
Eliezer Yudkowsky | Senior Research Fellow | 2014-08-01 | full-time | [91], [12] | ||
Elizabeth Morningstar | Executive Assistant | 2014-04-01 | 2015-04-01 | [92] | ||
Emil Gilliam | Technical Recruiter | 2005-08-01 | 2006-12-01 | [93], [77] | ||
Erica Edelman | Remote Executive Assistant | 2012-01-01 | 2013-01-01 | [94] | ||
Evan Erickson | Internship | 2013-07-01 | 2013-07-31 | intern | [95] | |
Evan Hubinger | Intern | 2018-06-01 | 2018-09-01 | intern | [18] | |
Frank Adamek | Visiting Fellow | 2010-06-01 | 2010-09-01 | [96], [10] | ||
Gary Drescher | General Advisor | 2016-03-01 | 2018-05-01 | [97], [9] | ||
Gary Drescher | Research Advisor | 2013-08-01 | 2016-03-01 | [43], [97] | ||
Gary Drescher | Spotlighted Advisor | 2019-01-01 | 2019-03-01 | [98], [99] | ||
Gwern Branwen | Research assistant | 2012-01-01 | 2013-01-01 | [100] | ||
Harrison Willey | Executive Assistant | 2010-01-01 | 2010-12-31 | [101] | ||
Henrik Jonsson | Board Director | 2010-01-01 | 2011-09-01 | [60], [102] | ||
Henrik Jonsson | Visiting Fellow | 2009-01-01 | 2010-08-22 | [31], [32] | ||
Ioven Fables | Executive Assistant | 2012-11-01 | 2013-04-01 | [103], [104] | ||
Jaan Tallinn | General Advisor | 2015-07-01 | 2018-05-01 | [45], [9] | ||
Jaan Tallinn | General Advisor | 2019-04-01 | [105], [12] | |||
Jack Gallagher | Intern | 2015-07-01 | 2017-06-01 | [106], [107] | ||
Jake Miller | Website Admin and Assitant | 2012-01-01 | 2015-02-01 | [108] | ||
Jake Moskowitz | Online Researcher | 2015-03-01 | 2015-06-01 | volunteer | [109] | |
James Miller | Research Advisor | 2013-08-01 | 2014-08-01 | [43] | ||
James Payor | Research staff | 2018-12-01 | 2022-04-01 | full-time | [87], [110] | |
Jan Leike | Research Advisor | 2017-03-01 | 2018-05-01 | [111], [9] | ||
Jan Leike | Spotlighted Advisor | 2018-09-01 | 2018-09-02 | [64], [112] | ||
Janos Kramar | Visiting Fellow | 2010-08-22 | 2011-05-14 | [32], [10] | ||
Jasen Murray | Program Manager of Visiting Fellows Program | 2011-03-01 | 2011-08-01 | [41], [113] | ||
Jasen Murray | Visiting Fellow | 2010-08-22 | 2011-09-08 | [32], [86] | ||
Jason Levin | Consultant | 2010-07-01 | 2013-12-31 | contractor | [114] | |
Jed McCaleb | General Advisor | 2015-07-01 | 2018-05-01 | [115], [9] | ||
Jeff Alexander | Volunteer Coordinator, Community Director, and Associate Director | 2005-01-01 | 2006-01-01 | part-time | [116] | |
Jeff Medina | Community Director | 2005-08-01 | 2006-12-01 | [93], [77] | ||
Jeff Medina | Volunteer Coordinator | 2005-03-01 | 2005-08-01 | [117], [93] | ||
Jeremy Miller | Research Intern | 2013-05-01 | 2013-06-01 | intern | [118] | |
Jeremy Schlatter | Software Engineer | 2017-06-01 | 2017-11-01 | intern | [119], [52] | |
Jesse Galef | Independent Operations Contractor | 2015-01-01 | 2016-01-01 | contractor | [120] | |
Jesse Liptrap | Software Engineer | 2017-08-01 | full-time | [121], [122], [14] | ||
Jessica Taylor | Research Associate | 2015-03-01 | 2015-08-01 | [16], [30] | ||
Jessica Taylor | Research Fellow | 2015-08-01 | 2017-07-01 | [30], [123], [12] | ||
Jimmy Rintjema | Operations Support | 2014-01-01 | [124] | |||
Jonas Lamis | Director of Partnerships | 2007-09-01 | 2009-05-01 | [125], [68] | ||
Jonathan Wang | Remote Researcher | 2012-03-01 | 2012-07-01 | [126] | ||
Joshua Fox | Research Associate | 2013-05-01 | 2014-02-01 | [15], [35] | ||
Justin Shovelain | Visiting Fellow | 2009-01-01 | 2011-09-08 | [31], [86] | ||
Kaj Sotala | Research Associate | 2013-08-01 | 2016-07-01 | [127], [128] | ||
Katja Grace | Research Assistant | 2014-02-01 | 2016-02-01 | [129], [130] | She first appears on the team page in June 2014. | |
Katja Grace | Research Associate | 2016-03-01 | [131], [132], [133], [14] | One of 37 AGI Safety Researchers of 2015 funded by donations from Elon Musk and the Open Philanthropy Project | ||
Katja Grace | Visiting Fellow | 2009-01-01 | 2010-08-22 | [31], [32] | ||
Kaya Stechly | Intern | 2015-09-01 | 2019-01-01 | [106], [134] | ||
Keefe Roedersheimer | Visiting Fellow | 2011-05-14 | 2011-09-08 | [10], [86] | ||
Kemal Eren | Software Developer | 2009-06-01 | 2009-08-01 | [135] | ||
Kevin Fischer | Board Director | 2012-01-01 | 2015-08-01 | [136], [38] | ||
Kevin Fischer | Visiting Fellow | 2010-04-01 | 2010-05-01 | [137] | ||
Kurt Brown | Office Operations | 2017-08-01 | 2018-07-01 | [138] | ||
Lila Rieber | Research Assistant | 2014-03-01 | 2014-04-01 | [139] | ||
Lincoln Quirk | Fellow, Rationality Mega-Camp | 2011-06-01 | 2011-08-01 | [140] | ||
Linda Linsefors | Intern | 2018-06-01 | 2018-09-01 | intern | [18] | |
Liron Shapira | Advisor | 2012-06-01 | 2013-08-01 | [141] | ||
Liron Shapira | General Advisor | 2014-06-01 | 2017-03-01 | [78] | ||
Louie Helm | Deputy Director | 2012-11-01 | 2014-08-01 | [103], [91] | ||
Louie Helm | Director of Development | 2011-09-01 | 2012-11-01 | [142], [103] | ||
Louie Helm | Visiting Fellow | 2010-08-22 | 2011-05-14 | [32], [10] | ||
Luke Grecki | Visiting Fellow | 2011-01-01 | 2011-04-01 | [143] | ||
Luke Muehlhauser | Board Director | 2015-03-01 | 2015-07-01 | [144], [115] | ||
Luke Muehlhauser | Executive Director | 2011-11-01 | 2015-05-31 | [145], [146] | ||
Luke Muehlhauser | General Advisor | 2015-07-01 | 2018-05-01 | [115], [9] | ||
Luke Muehlhauser | Research Fellow | 2011-09-01 | 2011-11-01 | [142] | ||
Luke Muehlhauser | Spotlighted Advisor | 2021-09-01 | [147], [14] | |||
Malo Bourgon | Chief Operating Officer | 2016-03-24 | [148], [149], [14] | |||
Malo Bourgon | Program Management Analyst | 2014-06-01 | 2016-03-04 | [54], [150] | ||
Malo Bourgon | Project Manager | 2012-11-01 | 2014-06-01 | [103], [54] | ||
Malo Bourgon | Remote contractor | 2012-01-01 | 2012-11-01 | [103] | ||
Marcello Herreshoff | Research Associate | 2006-06-01 | [151] | |||
Mariah Wang | Engineer | [152] | The LinkedIn profile is very bare, and it’s not clear this is a real person. | |||
Matthew Fallshaw | Board Director | 2014-10-01 | 2018-09-01 | [153], [64] | ||
Matthew Graves | Staff Writer | 2016-10-01 | 2018-05-01 | [154], [9] | First appears on the team page in February 2017. | |
Max Tegmark | Advisor | 2010-01-01 | 2013-08-01 | [155] | ||
Max Tegmark | General Advisor | 2015-09-01 | 2017-03-01 | [156] | ||
Max Tegmark | Research Advisor | 2013-08-01 | 2015-09-01 | [43], [156] | ||
Michael Anissimov | Advocacy Director | 2004-06-01 | 2006-07-01 | [75], [72] | ||
Michael Anissimov | Media Director | 2010-01-01 | 2013-05-01 | [39], [15] | ||
Michael Blume | Fellow | 2009-06-01 | 2010-06-01 | full-time | [157], [158], [31], [10] | |
Michael Raimondi | Board Director | 2002-12-01 | 2010-01-01 | [159], [59], [60] | ||
Michael Roy Ames | Director and President | 2005-02-01 | 2006-12-01 | [76], [77] | This is for the Canadian branch of MIRI. | |
Michael Vassar | Board Director | 2009-04-01 | 2015-08-01 | [160], [38] | ||
Michael Vassar | President | 2009-03-01 | 2012-03-01 | [161], [162] | ||
Michael Wilson | Associate Researcher | 2004-09-01 | 2006-12-01 | [163], [77] | ||
Mihaly Barasz | Research Associate | 2013-05-01 | 2015-10-01 | [15], [33] | ||
Minda Myers | Visiting Fellow | 2011-05-14 | 2011-09-08 | [10], [86] | ||
Moshe Looks | Research Advisor | 2013-08-01 | 2016-03-01 | [43], [97] | ||
Nate Soares | Board Director | 2015-08-01 | [38], [14] | |||
Nate Soares | Executive Director | 2015-06-02 | [164], [165], [14] | |||
Nate Soares | Research Associate | 2014-01-04 | 2014-03-31 | [165], [35] | ||
Nate Soares | Research Fellow | 2014-04-01 | 2015-06-01 | [165], [166], [55] | ||
Nate Thomas | Research Associate | 2015-04-01 | 2015-10-01 | [11], [33] | ||
Nathan Clark | Intern | 2013-08-01 | 2013-08-31 | intern | [167] | |
Neil Jacobstein | Advisor | 2006-12-01 | 2013-08-01 | [44], [43] | ||
Nevin Freeman | Visiting Fellow | 2011-05-14 | 2011-09-08 | [10], [86] | ||
Nick Bostrom | Advisor | 2005-03-01 | 2013-08-01 | [42], [43] | ||
Nick Bostrom | Research Advisor | 2013-08-01 | 2018-05-01 | [43], [9] | ||
Nick Bostrom | Spotlighted Advisor | 2020-07-01 | [168], [14] | |||
Nick Tarleton | Software Engineer | 2017-11-01 | 2022-01-01 | full-time | [121], [122], [88] | |
Nick Tarleton | Visiting Fellow | 2009-01-01 | 2011-05-14 | [31], [10] | ||
Nickolai Leschov | Executive Assistant | 2012-03-01 | [169] | |||
Nisan Stiennon | Research Associate | 2013-05-01 | 2015-10-01 | [170] | ||
Oliver Habryka | Summer Internship | 2013-06-01 | 2013-08-01 | intern | [171] | |
Patrick LaVictoire | Research Associate | 2013-05-01 | 2015-03-01 | [15], [16] | ||
Patrick LaVictoire | Research Fellow | 2015-03-01 | 2017-06-01 | full-time | [166], [172], [55], [123], [12] | |
Patrick Robotham | Mathematics Tutor | 2012-10-01 | 2012-10-31 | volunteer | [173] | |
Paul Christiano | Research Associate | 2013-05-01 | 2015-03-01 | [15], [16] | ||
Pedro Chaves | Remote Researcher | 2012-09-01 | 2013-01-01 | [174] | ||
Pejman Makhfi | Advisor | 2012-01-01 | 2013-08-01 | [175] | ||
Pejman Makhfi | Director of Venture Development | 2007-10-01 | 2011-08-01 | [66], [113] | ||
Peter Cheeseman | Advisor | 2007-12-01 | 2011-06-01 | [176], [177] | ||
Peter de Blanc | Research Fellow | 2011-03-01 | 2011-08-01 | [41], [113] | ||
Peter de Blanc | Visiting Fellow | 2009-01-01 | 2011-05-14 | [31], [10] | ||
Peter Scheyer | Fellow/Applied Entrepreneurship Instructor/Instrumental Rationality Specialist | 2011-05-01 | 2011-10-01 | [178] | ||
Peter Thiel | Advisor | 2006-02-01 | 2013-08-01 | [179], [43] | ||
Peter Thiel | General Advisor | 2014-06-01 | 2016-03-01 | [78], [97] | ||
Qiaochu Yuan | 2018-04-01 | [180] | ||||
Ramana Kumar | Research Associate | 2015-07-01 | [115] | |||
Randal Koene | Research Advisor | 2013-08-01 | 2014-08-01 | [43] | ||
Ray Kurzweil | Advisor | 2005-03-01 | 2006-12-01 | [42], [44] | ||
Ray Kurzweil | Board Director | 2006-12-01 | 2010-02-01 | [181], [182] | ||
Ray Kurzweil | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2010-02-01 | [20], [24] | ||
Ray Kurzweil | Singularity Summit Co-Founder | 2010-02-14 | 2012-08-01 | [24], [183] | ||
Richard Neal | Volunteer | 2013-11-01 | volunteer | [184] | ||
Rob Bensinger | Communications | 2018-04-01 | [8] | |||
Rob Bensinger | Outreach Coordinator | 2015-03-01 | 2016-03-01 | [16], [148] | ||
Rob Bensinger | Research Assistant | 2013-11-01 | 2015-03-01 | [54], [16], [7] | ||
Rob Bensinger | Research Communications Manager | 2016-03-01 | 2018-04-01 | [148], [8] | ||
Robert Mushkatblat | Intern | 2013-10-01 | 2013-11-01 | intern | [185] | |
Robert V. Brazell | Advisor | 2011-06-01 | 2013-08-01 | [177], [43] | ||
Robert Zahra | Board Director | 2010-07-01 | 2012-01-01 | [186], [136] | ||
Robin Hanson | General Advisor | 2015-09-01 | [156] | |||
Robin Hanson | Research Advisor | 2013-08-01 | 2015-09-01 | [43], [156] | ||
Roko Mijic | Visiting Fellow | 2009-01-01 | 2010-08-22 | [31], [32] | ||
Roman Yampolskiy | Research Advisor | 2013-08-01 | 2017-03-01 | [43], [111] | ||
Roman Yampolskiy | Visiting Fellow | 2011-05-14 | 2011-09-08 | [10], [86] | ||
Ryan Carey | Assistant Research Fellow | 2016-09-01 | 2017-09-01 | [7], [187], [188] | ||
Sabine Atkins | Board Director | 2000-07-27 | 2010-01-01 | [61], [60] | ||
Sabine Atkins | Webmaster | 2000-07-27 | 2002-12-01 | [61], [159] | ||
Sam Eisenstat | Research Fellow | 2017-07-01 | [12], [14] | |||
Scott Garrabrant | Research Associate | 2015-03-01 | 2015-11-01 | [16], [189] | ||
Scott Garrabrant | Research Fellow | 2015-12-01 | [190], [14] | |||
Sebastian Nickel | Remote Researcher | 2013-07-01 | 2013-09-01 | contractor | [191], [192], [193] | |
Seth Baum | Research Advisor | 2013-08-01 | 2014-08-01 | [43], [194] | ||
Stanislas Sochacki | Visiting Fellow | 2011-01-01 | 2011-05-14 | [10] | ||
Stephen Barnes | Intern | 2012-12-01 | 2013-06-01 | intern | [195] | |
Steve Omohundro | Advisor | 2007-05-01 | 2013-08-01 | [196] | ||
Steve Omohundro | Research Advisor | 2013-08-01 | [43] | |||
Steve Rayhawk | Research Associate | 2013-05-01 | 2013-11-01 | [15] | ||
Steve Rayhawk | Research Fellow | 2010-01-01 | 2011-08-01 | [39], [113] | ||
Steven Kaas | Visiting Fellow | 2009-01-01 | 2010-08-22 | [31], [32] | ||
Stuart Armstrong | Research Associate | 2015-04-01 | [11] | |||
Stuart Russell | Research Advisor | 2015-07-01 | [115] | |||
Susan Fonseca-Klein | Chief Administrative Officer | 2007-11-01 | 2009-05-01 | [67], [68] | ||
Thomas Colthurst | Visiting Fellow | 2011-01-01 | 2011-05-14 | [10] | ||
Thomas McCabe | Visiting Fellow | 2009-01-01 | 2011-05-14 | [31], [10] | ||
Tim Czech | Visiting Fellow | 2010-07-01 | 2010-08-01 | [197] | ||
Tomer Kagan | Board Director | 2012-01-01 | 2015-03-01 | [136], [144] | ||
Topher Brennan | Researcher | 2012-08-01 | 2013-10-01 | [198] | ||
Tsvi Benson-Tilsen | Assistant Research Fellow | 2017-07-01 | [12], [14] | |||
Tsvi Benson-Tilsen | Research Associate | 2014-10-01 | 2017-07-01 | [199], [200] | ||
Tyler Emerson | Board Director | 2006-12-01 | 2009-04-01 | [59], [160] | ||
Tyler Emerson | Executive Director | 2004-06-01 | 2009-03-01 | [75], [161] | ||
Vanessa Kosoy | Research Associate | 2015-07-01 | [115], [201], [202] | November 2020: Long-Term Future Fund Grant Recipient | ||
Victoria Krakovna | Research advisor | 2018-09-30 | advisor | |||
Vincent Fagot | Visiting Fellow | 2009-01-01 | 2010-08-22 | [31], [32] | ||
Vipul Naik | 2014-01-15 | 2014-08-01 | [203] | |||
Vladimir Nesov | Research Associate | 2013-05-01 | 2014-02-01 | [15], [35] | ||
Will Newsome | Visiting Fellow | 2011-05-14 | 2011-09-08 | [10], [86] |
Name | Creation date | Description |
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The Uncertain Future | 2009-10-01 | A tool to model future technology and its effect on civilization. For more about the history of the site, see [204]. |
LessWrong Wiki | 2009-03-12 | A companion wiki to the community blog LessWrong. The wiki has pages about AI safety. |
Intelligent Agent Foundations Forum | 2014-11-04 | A forum for technical AI safety research. The source code is hosted on GitHub [205]. The timestamp on the introductory post [206] gives the launch date. |
LessWrong | 2009-02-01 | A community blog about rationality, decision theory, AI, updates to MIRI, among other topics. |
Title | Publication date | Author | Publisher | Affected organizations | Affected people | Document scope | Cause area | Notes |
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I applied for a MIRI job in 2020. Here's what happened next. | 2022-06-15 | Viktoria Malyasova | LessWrong | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Buck Shlegeris, Anna Salamon | Job application experience | AI safety | As a response to Rob Bensinger asking what MIRI could do to improve hiring, Viktoria Malyasova, in an attempt to give feedback, writes about her mostly negative experience applying for a MIRI job in 2020. Viktoria recounts from her early steps in the application while in Russia, then describes a long, conflictive process, and a final rejection. Much of the recounted experience involves Buck Shlegeris. Finally, Viktoria explains her reasons why she is against against meta-honesty |
Is MIRI actually hiring and does Buck Shlegeris still work for you? | 2021-02-13 | seed | LessWrong | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Buck Shlegeris, Rob Bensinger | Job application experience | AI safety | A person who applied for a MIRI software engineer position and did not hear back expresses concern because Buck Shlegeris, who is in charge of hiring software engineers, has left MIRI, so the person asks the question on LessWrong. In a reply, Rob Bensinger notes that Buck is still in charge of getting in touch, and that hiring has slowed down as a result of COVID-19 and strategy re-evaluation. |
Location Discussion Takeaways | 2020-11-02 | mingyuan | LessWrong 2.0 Reader | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Third-party commentary on organization | AI safety | LessWrong user mingyuan posts a summary of discussions around her previous post titled The rationalist community's location problem. mingyuan also provides additional data and gives her thoughts on what she thinks the community should do. | |
MIRI, the place where I work, is very seriously considering moving to a different country soon … | 2020-10-09 | Rob Bensinger | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Organization operations | AI safety | Rob Bensinger, the communications person at MIRI, posts on his personal Facebook wall saying that MIRI is internally actively discussing and seriously considering a move from the San Francisco Bay Area (where MIRI is currently located) to another country or another part of the US. The post does not state the reasons MIRI is considering a move; in comments, Bensinger clarifies that it is too early to summarize the reasons MIRI is considering a move, but that he is looking for people’s thoughts on what the most important considerations are. Bensinger also posts a similar comment on LessWrong [207] | ||
2020-06-02 | Brian Finifter | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Michael Anissimov | HR controversy | AI safety | Brian Finifter writes on his Facebook page revealing posts by Russian American Michael Anissimov (who has many Facebook connections with people at MIRI) endorsing white nationalism. Finifter calls for the transhumanist community not to tolerate such position. Among the people reacting to the Finifter publication, Eliezer Yudkowsky responds by giving more details and indicating that Anissimov no longer has a role in the community. | ||
I'm Buck Shlegeris, I do research and outreach at MIRI, AMA | 2019-11-15 | Buck Shlegeris | LessWrong | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Buck Shlegeris | AMA | AI safety | On Friday November 15, Buck Shlegeris posts an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on the Effective Altruism Forum. He responds to the questions on Tuesday November 19 |
What I’ll be doing at MIRI | 2019-11-12 | Evan Hubinger | LessWrong | Machine Intelligence Research Institute, OpenAI | Evan Hubinger, Paul Christiano, Nate Soares | Successful hire | AI safety | Evan Hubinger, who has just finished an internship at OpenAI with Paul Christiano and others, is going to start work at MIRI. His research will be focused on solving inner alignment for amplification. Although MIRI's research policy is one of nondisclosure-by-default [208] Hubinger expects that his own research will be published openly, and that he will continue collaborating with researchers at institutions like OpenAI, Ought, CHAI, DeepMind, FHI, etc. In a comment, MIRI Executive Director Nate Soares clarifies that "my view of MIRI's nondisclosed-by-default policy is that if all researchers involved with a research program think it should obviously be public then it should obviously be public, and that doesn't require a bunch of bureaucracy. [...] the policy is there to enable researchers, not to annoy them and make them jump through hoops." Cross-posted from the AI Alignment Forum; original is at [209] |
Is it harder to become a MIRI mathematician in 2019 compared to in 2013? | 2019-10-29 | Issa Rice | LessWrong | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Nate Soares | Third-party commentary on organization | AI safety | Issa Rice divides MIRI research employees between "mathematicians" and "engineers" and notes that recently, MIRI has hired mostly engineers and not mathematicians. He also considers the example of Nate Soares, whose background prior to joining MIRI matched the engineer profile, but who still joined and did initial work as a mathematician. His post asks the question of whether this suggests it is harder to become a MIRI mathematician in 2019 (the time of writing the post) compared to 2013. The post includes a list of potential differences between the time periods. |
Comment on Question: MIRI Corrigbility Agenda | 2019-03-14 | Rob Bensinger | LessWrong | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | Bensinger notes some updates that have been made to MIRI’s research guide (which was first published in 2014). | ||
Alignment Research Field Guide | 2019-03-08 | Abram Demski | LessWrong | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | A guide for getting involved in AI alignment research, written with MIRIx groups (local groups that meet up to discuss MIRI’s work or make progress on AI alignment, with financial support from MIRI) in mind. | ||
Comment on After one year of applying for EA jobs: It is really, really hard to get hired by an EA organisation | 2019-02-27 | Aaron Gertler | Effective Altruism Forum | Centre for Effective Altruism, Open Philanthropy, Machine Intelligence Research Institute, Ought, Vox, AI Impacts, Center for Human-Compatible AI, Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative | Job application experience | Various | Gertler describes his experience applying to various effective altruism-related organizations. | |
I think that every EA who is a software engineer … | 2019-02-27 | Buck Shlegeris | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Hiring-related notice | AI safety | Shlegeris encourages effective altruist software engineers to apply to work at MIRI. The post also mentions that the first stage of the interview is the Triplebyte quiz. | ||
MIRI is running a sequence of workshops with the … | 2019-02-22 | Buck Shlegeris | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Hiring-related notice | AI safety | Shlegeris encourages people to apply to MIRI’s AI Risk for Computer Scientists workshop. | ||
MIRI is looking for Haskell developers | 2019-01-31 | theindigamer | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | A post on r/haskell linking to a tweet by Eliezer Yudkowsky saying MIRI is “currently looking for Haskell programmers with a good cultural fit”. | |||
Simultaneous Shortage and Oversupply | 2019-01-25 | Jeff Kaufman | Open Philanthropy, Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Job market commentary | Various | Kaufman articulates a puzzle: EA-related organizations take a long time to fill open roles, but there are a lot of people interested in joining such organizations. Although no individual organization is discussed in depth, job postings for the Open Philanthropy Project and the Machine Intelligence Research Institute are mentioned. Post also available on Facebook at [210] The comments on the Facebook post also show up in the original post location, and include thoughts from people on why they are not applying for EA jobs. A comment by Sarah Spikes notes her experience working on the tech side at CEA | ||
MIRI’s newest recruit: Edward Kmett! | 2018-12-01 | yiavin | Machine Intelligence Research Institute, Ought | Edward Kmett, Nate Soares | AI safety | A post on r/haskell about Edward Kmett joining MIRI, with comments from Kmett. In comments, Kmett says that “Nate Soares came out to Boston personally, and made a very compelling argument for me going off and doing the work I’d been trying to complete solely in my evening hours full time”. Kmett also says he has “helped ought.org find at least one developer”. | ||
Comment on Current AI Safety Roles for Software Engineers | 2018-11-09 | Buck Shlegeris | LessWrong | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Hiring-related notice | AI safety | Shlegeris clarifies that MIRI would like to hire “as many people as engineers as possible”, and says MIRI is likely to “end up hiring more like ten” engineers over the next year. | |
Comment on “Taking AI Risk Seriously” (thoughts by Critch) | 2018-02-01 | Matthew Graves | LessWrong | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | Graves (who does recruiting work at MIRI) gives his personal opinion on way to get involved in AI safety. | ||
Why I am not currently working on the AAMLS agenda | 2017-05-12 | Jessica Taylor | Intelligent Agent Foundations Forum | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Jessica Taylor | Employee departure | AI safety | Jessica Taylor, who has been working at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) on the Alignment for Advanced Machine Learning Systems (AAMLS) agenda, announces that she is no longer working on the agenda. Around this time, she also leaves MIRI. The other two people working on the agenda also leave at around the same time: Patrick LaVictoire leaves MIRI completely, and Andrew Critch goes on indefinite leave to work on the Center for Human-Compatible AI (CHAI). The connection between Taylor's post and the departures is made in the MIRI blog post [123] on July 4, 2017 |
Belief status: off-the-cuff thoughts! | 2017-01-19 | Vipul Naik | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Third-party commentary on organization | AI safety | The post argues that (lack of) academic endorsement of the work done by MIRI should not be an important factor in evaluating MIRI, offering three reasons. Commenters include Rob Bensinger, Research Communications Manager at MIRI. | ||
Comment on Ask MIRI Anything (AMA) | 2016-10-12 | Malo Bourgon | Effective Altruism Forum | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | Bourgon (Chief Operating Officer at MIRI) answers a question regarding number of hours worked by MIRI staff per week. Bourgon writes that “the average and median are pretty close at somewhere between 40–50 hours a week depending on the month. During crunch times some people might be working 60–100-hour weeks.” However, he notes that the amount of work that gets done and how people are feeling are more important than number of hours worked. | ||
Comment on Ask MIRI Anything (AMA) | 2016-10-12 | Rob Bensinger | Effective Altruism Forum | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | Bensinger writes that MIRI is hoping to double the size of its research team over the next year or two. | ||
Comment on Ask MIRI Anything (AMA) | 2016-10-12 | Nate Soares | Effective Altruism Forum | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | In response to a question, Soares writes that MIRI has decided against hiriting senior math people in a supervisor role, and also writes that MIRI is bottlenecked on technical writing ability. | ||
Comment on Ask MIRI Anything (AMA) | 2016-10-12 | Malo Bourgon | Effective Altruism Forum | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | Bourgon answers a question about the differences in what researchers spend their time doing in academia vs at MIRI. He writes that in academia, faculty have non-research responsibilities like grant writing, teaching, supervision, and sitting on councils, as well as publish-or-perish incentives, which are all things that researchers at MIRI don’t have. He also writes that the operations team at MIRI takes care of many “distractions” so that the research team can focus on doing research. | ||
Comment on Ask MIRI Anything (AMA) | 2016-10-12 | Malo Bourgon | Effective Altruism Forum | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | Bourgon answers a question about MIRI’s preferences for its next few hires. He writes that MIRI’s current focus is on expanding its research team. | ||
Comment on Let’s conduct a survey on the quality of MIRI’s implementation | 2016-02-19 | Nate Soares | Effective Altruism Forum | Machine Intelligence Research Institute, Open Philanthropy | Daniel Dewey | AI safety | Soares responds to a blog post calling for an evaluation of MIRI’s research output and strategy. Soares mentions an ongoing investigation by Open Philanthropy Project, as well as plans for “an independent evaluation of our organizational efficacy”. | |
Working at MIRI: An interview with Malo Bourgon | 2015-11-01 | Sören Mindermann | LessWrong | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | An interview with Malo Bourgon (program management analyst and generalist at MIRI) about MIRI’s current talent needs, how to get involved, application process, and donation vs marginal hires. | ||
Comment on I am Nate Soares, AMA! | 2015-06-11 | Nate Soares | Effective Altruism Forum | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | Soares gives a list of metrics that MIRI uses internally to measure its own success. | ||
Comment on I am Nate Soares, AMA! | 2015-06-11 | Nate Soares | Effective Altruism Forum | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | In response to a question, Soares writes that at the moment MIRI is talent-constrained, while noting that MIRI is taking steps to hire more researchers. | ||
Comment on I am Nate Soares, AMA! | 2015-06-11 | Nate Soares | Effective Altruism Forum | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | Soares notes that MIRI is going to hire a full-time office manager soon. He also writes that MIRI is looking for researchers who can write fast and well, and will look for “a person who can stay up to speed on the technical research but spend most of their time doing outreach and stewarding other researchers who are interested in doing AI alignment research”. | ||
Comment on I am Nate Soares, AMA! | 2015-06-11 | Nate Soares | Effective Altruism Forum | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | Soares responds to a software engineer about how to get involved. | ||
MIRI Research Guide | 2014-11-07 | Nate Soares | LessWrong | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | Blog post announcing the publication of a new research guide to help people become involved in MIRI’s AI safety research. | ||
Answer to What is it like to do contract work for MIRI? | 2014-08-13 | Vipul Naik | Quora | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | A review of doing contract work at MIRI (on distribution of computation and forecasting). | ||
Comment on On the concept of “talent-constrained” organizations | 2014-03-17 | Eliezer Yudkowsky | LessWrong | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | Yudkowsky weighs in regarding talent constraint. In a reply comment Luke Muehlhauser (executive director of MIRI at the time) also gives his opinion. | ||
Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) | 2014-03-01 | Vipul Naik | Vipul Naik | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | Basic facts and timeline of Naik’s contract work at MIRI. | ||
Course recommendations for Friendliness researchers | 2013-01-09 | Louie Helm | LessWrong | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | A list of course and textbook recommendations for background material related to AI safety. | ||
Help Fund Lukeprog at SIAI | 2011-08-24 | Eliezer Yudkowsky | LessWrong | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | AI safety | A call for donations specifically so MIRI can hire Luke Muehlhauser. | ||
How SIAI could publish in mainstream cognitive science journals | 2011-03-09 | Luke Muehlhauser | LessWrong | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Third-party commentary on organization | AI safety | This blog post is written by Luke Muehlhauser shortly before he moves to the Bay Area; within a few months Muehlhauser would become MIRI's Executive Director and write in [211] that he was mistaken and had missed the main arguments against spending effort publishing in journals. |
Title | Publication date | Author | Publisher | Affected organizations | Affected people | Affected agendas | Notes |
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Challenges to Christiano’s capability amplification proposal | 2018-05-19 | Eliezer Yudkowsky | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | Paul Christiano | Iterated amplification | This post was summarized in Alignment Newsletter #7 [212]. |