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| 2011 || || || "Over the years, Yudkowsky found that people struggled to think clearly about A.I. risk and were often dismissive of it. In 2011, Salamon, who had been working at MIRI since 2008, volunteered to figure out how to overcome that problem."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/magazine/the-happiness-code.html |date=January 14, 2016 |publisher=[[wikipedia:The New York Times|The New York Times]] |title=The Happiness Code: A new approach to self-improvement is taking off in Silicon Valley: cold, hard rationality. |author=Jennifer Kahn |accessdate=July 12, 2017}}</ref> | | 2011 || || || "Over the years, Yudkowsky found that people struggled to think clearly about A.I. risk and were often dismissive of it. In 2011, Salamon, who had been working at MIRI since 2008, volunteered to figure out how to overcome that problem."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/magazine/the-happiness-code.html |date=January 14, 2016 |publisher=[[wikipedia:The New York Times|The New York Times]] |title=The Happiness Code: A new approach to self-improvement is taking off in Silicon Valley: cold, hard rationality. |author=Jennifer Kahn |accessdate=July 12, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2011 | + | | 2011 || {{dts|May 28}}{{snd}}June 4 || Workshop || A rationality minicamp takes place.<ref name="salamon-2012-03-29-minicamps" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/9vBasHrBtCmC6zAzD/mini-camp-on-rationality-awesomeness-and-existential-risk |title=Mini-camp on Rationality, Awesomeness, and Existential Risk (May 28 through June 4, 2011) |date=April 24, 2011 |first=Anna |last=Salamon |publisher=LessWrong |accessdate=May 27, 2019}}</ref> |
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| + | | 2011 || mid-June{{snd}}August || Workshop || The Rationality Boot Camp takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Pp3T4KMjqwjQHk8a9/rationality-boot-camp-0 |title=Rationality Boot Camp |publisher=LessWrong |author=bentarm |date=June 14, 2011 |accessdate=May 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rationalitybootcamp.blogspot.com/2011/06/first-four-days.html |title=The first four days |publisher=Blogger |author=John Faben |date=June 12, 2011 |accessdate=May 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/s887k4Hcqj28cchYo/rationality-boot-camp |title=Rationality Boot Camp |author=Jasen |publisher=LessWrong |date=March 22, 2011 |accessdate=May 27, 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2011 || {{dts|July 18}} || Legal || The Articles of Incorporation for CFAR, at the time called the Feynman Foundation, are written. It would be approved on July 26.<ref name="articles-of-incorporation">{{cite web |url=http://www.rationality.org/files/center-for-applied-rationality-articles-of-incorporation.pdf |title=Articles of Incorporation Of Feynman Foundation |accessdate=July 9, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2011 || {{dts|July | + | | 2011 || {{dts|July 26}} || Legal || CFAR, at the time called the Feynman Foundation, is approved by the US Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rationality.org/files/center-for-applied-rationality-nonprofit-irs-approval.pdf |title=Center for Applied Rationality Nonprofit IRS Approval |accessdate=July 8, 2017}}</ref> |
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| − | | | + | | 2012 || {{dts|March 29}} || || The CFAR Exercise Prize, for help coming up with exercises to teach cognitive skills, is announced. Several requests for exercises were posted and several prizes were given out.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.lesswrong.com/index.php?title=CFAR_Exercise_Prize&action=history |title=Revision history of "CFAR Exercise Prize" - Lesswrongwiki |accessdate=March 1, 2018 |publisher=[[wikipedia:LessWrong|LessWrong]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://lesswrong.com/lw/b4f/sotw_check_consequentialism/ |title=SotW: Check Consequentialism |first=Eliezer |last=Yudkowsky |date=March 29, 2012 |accessdate=March 1, 2018 |publisher=[[wikipedia:LessWrong|LessWrong]]}}</ref> |
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| 2012 || {{dts|May 8}} || || MIRI's April 2012 progress report is published, in which CFAR's name is announced. Until this point, CFAR was known as the "Rationality Group" or "Rationality Org".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://intelligence.org/2012/05/08/singularity-institute-progress-report-april-2012/ |title=Machine Intelligence Research Institute Progress Report, April 2012 |publisher=Machine Intelligence Research Institute |date=May 8, 2012 |author=Louie Helm |accessdate=June 30, 2017}}</ref> | | 2012 || {{dts|May 8}} || || MIRI's April 2012 progress report is published, in which CFAR's name is announced. Until this point, CFAR was known as the "Rationality Group" or "Rationality Org".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://intelligence.org/2012/05/08/singularity-institute-progress-report-april-2012/ |title=Machine Intelligence Research Institute Progress Report, April 2012 |publisher=Machine Intelligence Research Institute |date=May 8, 2012 |author=Louie Helm |accessdate=June 30, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2012 || {{dts|May 11}}–13 || || A rationality minicamp takes place.<ref name="salamon-2012-03-29-minicamps">{{cite web |url=http://lesswrong.com/lw/b98/minicamps_on_rationality_and_awesomeness_may_1113/ |title=Minicamps on Rationality and Awesomeness: May 11-13, June 22-24, and July 21-28 |date=March 29, 2012 |author=Anna Salamon |accessdate=July 11, 2017 |publisher=[[wikipedia:LessWrong|LessWrong]]}}</ref> | + | | 2012 || {{dts|May 11}}–13 || Workshop || A rationality minicamp takes place.<ref name="salamon-2012-03-29-minicamps">{{cite web |url=http://lesswrong.com/lw/b98/minicamps_on_rationality_and_awesomeness_may_1113/ |title=Minicamps on Rationality and Awesomeness: May 11-13, June 22-24, and July 21-28 |date=March 29, 2012 |author=Anna Salamon |accessdate=July 11, 2017 |publisher=[[wikipedia:LessWrong|LessWrong]]}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2012 || {{dts|June 22}}–24 || || A rationality minicamp takes place.<ref name="salamon-2012-03-29-minicamps" /> | + | | 2012 || {{dts|June 22}}–24 || Workshop || A rationality minicamp takes place.<ref name="salamon-2012-03-29-minicamps" /> |
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| 2012 || {{dts|July 7}} || || CFAR's Twitter account, CFARnews, is created.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/cfarnews |title=CFAR news (@CFARnews) |publisher=Twitter |accessdate=July 11, 2017}}</ref> | | 2012 || {{dts|July 7}} || || CFAR's Twitter account, CFARnews, is created.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/cfarnews |title=CFAR news (@CFARnews) |publisher=Twitter |accessdate=July 11, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2012 || {{dts|July 10}} || || The CFAR Articles of Incorporation are amended to rename the corporation from "Feynman Foundation" to "Center For Applied Rationality".<ref name="articles-of-incorporation" /> | + | | 2012 || {{dts|July 10}} || Legal || The CFAR Articles of Incorporation are amended to rename the corporation from "Feynman Foundation" to "Center For Applied Rationality".<ref name="articles-of-incorporation" /> |
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| − | | 2012 || {{dts|July 21}}–28 || || A rationality minicamp takes place.<ref name="salamon-2012-03-29-minicamps" /> | + | | 2012 || {{dts|July 21}}–28 || Workshop || A rationality minicamp takes place.<ref name="salamon-2012-03-29-minicamps" /> |
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| − | | 2012 || {{dts|August 6}}–13 || || SPARC 2012 takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c1874h1028489_new_free_summer_camp_on_math_and_rationality |title=Art of Problem Solving Blog : New Free Summer Camp On Math and Rationality |date=April 20, 2012 |author=rrusczyk |quote=SPARC will be held at UC Berkeley from August 6th to 13th and is open to high school students, including rising freshmen and graduating seniors.|accessdate=July 13, 2017}}</ref> This is the first SPARC. | + | | 2012 || {{dts|August 6}}–13 || SPARC || SPARC 2012 takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c1874h1028489_new_free_summer_camp_on_math_and_rationality |title=Art of Problem Solving Blog : New Free Summer Camp On Math and Rationality |date=April 20, 2012 |author=rrusczyk |quote=SPARC will be held at UC Berkeley from August 6th to 13th and is open to high school students, including rising freshmen and graduating seniors.|accessdate=July 13, 2017}}</ref> This is the first SPARC. |
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| − | | 2013 || {{dts|August 5}}–17 || || SPARC 2013 takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027161355/http://rationality.org/sparc/ |title=SPARC {{!}} CFAR |accessdate=July 12, 2017}}</ref> | + | | 2013 || {{dts|August 5}}–17 || SPARC || SPARC 2013 takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027161355/http://rationality.org/sparc/ |title=SPARC {{!}} CFAR |accessdate=July 12, 2017}}</ref> |
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| 2013 || {{dts|December 28}} || || Annual fundraising post is published on LessWrong making the case for why one should donate to CFAR.<ref name="why-cfar">{{cite web |url=http://lesswrong.com/lw/jej/why_cfar/ |title=Why CFAR? |accessdate=July 12, 2017 |publisher=[[wikipedia:LessWrong|LessWrong]]}}</ref> | | 2013 || {{dts|December 28}} || || Annual fundraising post is published on LessWrong making the case for why one should donate to CFAR.<ref name="why-cfar">{{cite web |url=http://lesswrong.com/lw/jej/why_cfar/ |title=Why CFAR? |accessdate=July 12, 2017 |publisher=[[wikipedia:LessWrong|LessWrong]]}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2014 || {{dts|August 4}}–16 || || SPARC 2014 takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305084515/http://sparc-camp.org:80/ |title=SPARC {{!}} Summer Program in Applied Rationality and Cognition |accessdate=July 12, 2017}}</ref> | + | | 2014 || {{dts|August 4}}–16 || SPARC || SPARC 2014 takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305084515/http://sparc-camp.org:80/ |title=SPARC {{!}} Summer Program in Applied Rationality and Cognition |accessdate=July 12, 2017}}</ref> |
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| 2014 || {{dts|October 25}}–26 || || As an experimental "beta test", a lower-cost, 1.5-day workshop takes place in the Bay Area.<ref name="salamon-lower-cost-and-europe" /> | | 2014 || {{dts|October 25}}–26 || || As an experimental "beta test", a lower-cost, 1.5-day workshop takes place in the Bay Area.<ref name="salamon-lower-cost-and-europe" /> | ||
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| 2015 (?) || || || The 2015 longitudinal study is published, covering workshops from February 2014 to April 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rationality.org/studies/2015-longitudinal-study |title=2015 Longitudinal Study |publisher=Center for Applied Rationality |accessdate=July 13, 2017}}</ref> | | 2015 (?) || || || The 2015 longitudinal study is published, covering workshops from February 2014 to April 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rationality.org/studies/2015-longitudinal-study |title=2015 Longitudinal Study |publisher=Center for Applied Rationality |accessdate=July 13, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2015 || {{dts|July 1}} || || CFAR is included among the Future of Life Institute's Grant Recommendations for its first round of AI safety grants. The amount recommended is $111,757, for a specialized workshop for "45 of the most promising AI students".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://futureoflife.org/ai-researcher-anna-salamon/ |title=AI Researcher Anna Salamon - Future of Life Institute |publisher=Future of Life Institute |accessdate=July 13, 2017}}</ref> The grant would be disbursed on September 1.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://futureoflife.org/grants-timeline/ |title=Grants Timeline - Future of Life Institute |publisher=Future of Life Institute |accessdate=July 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://futureoflife.org/2015selection/ |title=New International Grants Program Jump-Starts Research to Ensure AI Remains Beneficial: Press release for FLI grant awardees. - Future of Life Institute |publisher=Future of Life Institute |accessdate=July 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://futureoflife.org/ai-safety-research/ |title=AI Safety Research - Future of Life Institute |publisher=Future of Life Institute |accessdate=July 13, 2017}}</ref> (Is this the same as the MIRI Summer Fellows program or some other workshop with a name? The FLI grant pages do not say.) | + | | 2015 || {{dts|July 1}} || Financial || CFAR is included among the Future of Life Institute's Grant Recommendations for its first round of AI safety grants. The amount recommended is $111,757, for a specialized workshop for "45 of the most promising AI students".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://futureoflife.org/ai-researcher-anna-salamon/ |title=AI Researcher Anna Salamon - Future of Life Institute |publisher=Future of Life Institute |accessdate=July 13, 2017}}</ref> The grant would be disbursed on September 1.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://futureoflife.org/grants-timeline/ |title=Grants Timeline - Future of Life Institute |publisher=Future of Life Institute |accessdate=July 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://futureoflife.org/2015selection/ |title=New International Grants Program Jump-Starts Research to Ensure AI Remains Beneficial: Press release for FLI grant awardees. - Future of Life Institute |publisher=Future of Life Institute |accessdate=July 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://futureoflife.org/ai-safety-research/ |title=AI Safety Research - Future of Life Institute |publisher=Future of Life Institute |accessdate=July 13, 2017}}</ref> (Is this the same as the MIRI Summer Fellows program or some other workshop with a name? The FLI grant pages do not say.) |
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| 2015 || {{dts|July 7}}–26 || || The CFAR-run MIRI Summer Fellows program 2015 takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717025843/http://rationality.org/miri-summer-fellows-2015 |title=MIRI Summer Fellows 2015 |publisher=CFAR |date=June 21, 2015 |accessdate=July 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://lesswrong.com/lw/m3h/cfarrun_miri_summer_fellows_program_july_726/ |title=CFAR-run MIRI Summer Fellows program: July 7-26 |author=Anna Salamon |date=April 28, 2015 |accessdate=July 11, 2017 |publisher=[[wikipedia:LessWrong|LessWrong]]}}</ref> This program is apparently "relatively successful at recruiting staff for MIRI".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/center-applied-rationality-general-support |title=Center for Applied Rationality — General Support |publisher=Open Philanthropy Project |accessdate=July 8, 2017 |quote=We have some doubts about CFAR's management and operations, and we see CFAR as having made only limited improvements over the last two years, with the possible exception of running the MIRI Summer Fellows Program in 2015, which we understand to have been relatively successful at recruiting staff for MIRI.}}</ref> | | 2015 || {{dts|July 7}}–26 || || The CFAR-run MIRI Summer Fellows program 2015 takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717025843/http://rationality.org/miri-summer-fellows-2015 |title=MIRI Summer Fellows 2015 |publisher=CFAR |date=June 21, 2015 |accessdate=July 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://lesswrong.com/lw/m3h/cfarrun_miri_summer_fellows_program_july_726/ |title=CFAR-run MIRI Summer Fellows program: July 7-26 |author=Anna Salamon |date=April 28, 2015 |accessdate=July 11, 2017 |publisher=[[wikipedia:LessWrong|LessWrong]]}}</ref> This program is apparently "relatively successful at recruiting staff for MIRI".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/center-applied-rationality-general-support |title=Center for Applied Rationality — General Support |publisher=Open Philanthropy Project |accessdate=July 8, 2017 |quote=We have some doubts about CFAR's management and operations, and we see CFAR as having made only limited improvements over the last two years, with the possible exception of running the MIRI Summer Fellows Program in 2015, which we understand to have been relatively successful at recruiting staff for MIRI.}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2015 || {{dts|August 4}}–16 || || SPARC 2015 takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mensa.org.uk/sites/default/files/files/SPARC%20Summer%20School%202015%20Flyer.pdf |title=SPARC Summer School 2015 |accessdate=July 12, 2017}}</ref> | + | | 2015 || {{dts|August 4}}–16 || SPARC || SPARC 2015 takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mensa.org.uk/sites/default/files/files/SPARC%20Summer%20School%202015%20Flyer.pdf |title=SPARC Summer School 2015 |accessdate=July 12, 2017}}</ref> |
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| 2015 || {{dts|December 23}} || || The annual fundraising and review is posted to LessWrong.<ref name="why-cfar-view-from-2015">{{cite web |url=http://lesswrong.com/lw/n39/why_cfar_the_view_from_2015/ |title=Why CFAR? The view from 2015 |author=Pete Michaud |date=December 23, 2015 |accessdate=July 12, 2017 |publisher=[[wikipedia:LessWrong|LessWrong]]}}</ref> | | 2015 || {{dts|December 23}} || || The annual fundraising and review is posted to LessWrong.<ref name="why-cfar-view-from-2015">{{cite web |url=http://lesswrong.com/lw/n39/why_cfar_the_view_from_2015/ |title=Why CFAR? The view from 2015 |author=Pete Michaud |date=December 23, 2015 |accessdate=July 12, 2017 |publisher=[[wikipedia:LessWrong|LessWrong]]}}</ref> | ||
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| 2016 || {{dts|January 2}} || || Anna Salamon posts on LessWrong talking about CFAR's mission in a Q&A.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lesswrong.com/lw/n4e/why_cfars_mission/ |title=Why CFAR's Mission? |accessdate=July 13, 2017 |publisher=[[wikipedia:LessWrong|LessWrong]]}}</ref> | | 2016 || {{dts|January 2}} || || Anna Salamon posts on LessWrong talking about CFAR's mission in a Q&A.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lesswrong.com/lw/n4e/why_cfars_mission/ |title=Why CFAR's Mission? |accessdate=July 13, 2017 |publisher=[[wikipedia:LessWrong|LessWrong]]}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2016 || {{dts|May}} || || The Open Philanthropy Project awards a grant of $304,000 over two years to CFAR's Summer Program on Applied Rationality and Cognition (SPARC).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/center-applied-rationality-sparc |title=Center for Applied Rationality — SPARC |publisher=Open Philanthropy Project |accessdate=July 11, 2017}}</ref> | + | | 2016 || {{dts|May}} || Financial || The Open Philanthropy Project awards a grant of $304,000 over two years to CFAR's Summer Program on Applied Rationality and Cognition (SPARC).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/center-applied-rationality-sparc |title=Center for Applied Rationality — SPARC |publisher=Open Philanthropy Project |accessdate=July 11, 2017}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2016 || {{dts| | + | | 2016 || {{dts|May 17}} || External review || ''Vice'' profiles CFAR, saying that it "teaches people to think more like computers."<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8q88xp/center-for-applied-rationality|title = The 'Rationality' Workshop That Teaches People to Think More Like Computers. The Center For Applied Rationality wants to help humans make better choices.|last = Matsakis|first = Louise|date = May 17, 2016|accessdate = April 18, 2020|publisher = Vice}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2016 || {{dts|August 2}}–14 || || SPARC 2016 takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409054420/https://sparc-camp.org/ |title=What is SPARC? {{!}} SPARC on WordPress.com |publisher=SPARC |accessdate=July 12, 2017}}</ref> | + | | 2016 || {{dts|July}} || Financial || The Open Philanthropy Project awards a grant of $1,035,000 over two years to CFAR.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/center-applied-rationality-general-support |title=Center for Applied Rationality — General Support |publisher=Open Philanthropy Project |accessdate=July 11, 2017}}</ref> |
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| + | | 2016 || {{dts|August 2}}–14 || SPARC || SPARC 2016 takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409054420/https://sparc-camp.org/ |title=What is SPARC? {{!}} SPARC on WordPress.com |publisher=SPARC |accessdate=July 12, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| 2016 || {{dts|December 3}}, 12 || || A couple of posts are published on LessWrong by Anna Salamon. The posts discuss CFAR's new focus on AI safety.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lesswrong.com/lw/o7o/cfars_new_focus_and_ai_safety/ |title=CFAR's new focus, and AI Safety - Less Wrong |accessdate=July 13, 2017 |publisher=[[wikipedia:LessWrong|LessWrong]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://lesswrong.com/lw/o9h/further_discussion_of_cfars_focus_on_ai_safety/ |title=Further discussion of CFAR's focus on AI safety, and the good things folks wanted from "cause neutrality" - Less Wrong |accessdate=July 13, 2017 |publisher=[[wikipedia:LessWrong|LessWrong]]}}</ref> | | 2016 || {{dts|December 3}}, 12 || || A couple of posts are published on LessWrong by Anna Salamon. The posts discuss CFAR's new focus on AI safety.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lesswrong.com/lw/o7o/cfars_new_focus_and_ai_safety/ |title=CFAR's new focus, and AI Safety - Less Wrong |accessdate=July 13, 2017 |publisher=[[wikipedia:LessWrong|LessWrong]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://lesswrong.com/lw/o9h/further_discussion_of_cfars_focus_on_ai_safety/ |title=Further discussion of CFAR's focus on AI safety, and the good things folks wanted from "cause neutrality" - Less Wrong |accessdate=July 13, 2017 |publisher=[[wikipedia:LessWrong|LessWrong]]}}</ref> | ||
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| 2016 || {{dts|December 14}} || || A Wayback Machine snapshot from this day shows that Julia Galef is listed under the "Convergence project".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20161214012819/http://rationality.org/about/team |title=CFAR Team |publisher=Center for Applied Rationality |accessdate=July 28, 2017}}</ref> | | 2016 || {{dts|December 14}} || || A Wayback Machine snapshot from this day shows that Julia Galef is listed under the "Convergence project".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20161214012819/http://rationality.org/about/team |title=CFAR Team |publisher=Center for Applied Rationality |accessdate=July 28, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2016 || End of the year || || {{w|Julia Galef}} steps down as CFAR president; Anna Salamon takes her place and Pete Michaud takes Salamon's place as executive director. In the same post, Galef announces that she is working on the Update Project, a project whose goal is "to help decisionmakers improve the accuracy of their models, especially as they relate to strategies for having a large positive impact on the world".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/julia.galef/posts/10103010525130302 |title=Julia Galef - I'm overdue for a career update! Lots of you who... |author=Julia Galef |date=February 28, 2017 |accessdate=July 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://juliagalef.com/update-project/ |title=The Update Project |author=Julia Galef |date=March 1, 2017 |publisher=Julia Galef |accessdate=July 28, 2017}}</ref> The Update Project is the new name for the Convergence project.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/julia.galef/posts/10103010525130302?comment_id=10103348592605372&reply_comment_id=10103348604940652&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D |quote=The new name for the convergence project (though the focus has shifted a bit since then, as well) |author=Julia Galef |title=Comment in reply to Vipul Naik |date=July 28, 2017 |accessdate=July 28, 2017}}</ref> The Update Project receives funding from the Open Philanthropy Project.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://issarice.com/open-philanthropy-project-non-grant-funding |author=Issa Rice |date=April 2, 2017 |title=Open Philanthropy Project non-grant funding |publisher=Issa Rice |accessdate=July 28, 2017}}</ref> | + | | 2016 || End of the year || Leadership || {{w|Julia Galef}} steps down as CFAR president; Anna Salamon takes her place and Pete Michaud takes Salamon's place as executive director. In the same post, Galef announces that she is working on the Update Project, a project whose goal is "to help decisionmakers improve the accuracy of their models, especially as they relate to strategies for having a large positive impact on the world".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/julia.galef/posts/10103010525130302 |title=Julia Galef - I'm overdue for a career update! Lots of you who... |author=Julia Galef |date=February 28, 2017 |accessdate=July 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://juliagalef.com/update-project/ |title=The Update Project |author=Julia Galef |date=March 1, 2017 |publisher=Julia Galef |accessdate=July 28, 2017}}</ref> The Update Project is the new name for the Convergence project.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/julia.galef/posts/10103010525130302?comment_id=10103348592605372&reply_comment_id=10103348604940652&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D |quote=The new name for the convergence project (though the focus has shifted a bit since then, as well) |author=Julia Galef |title=Comment in reply to Vipul Naik |date=July 28, 2017 |accessdate=July 28, 2017}}</ref> The Update Project receives funding from the Open Philanthropy Project.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://issarice.com/open-philanthropy-project-non-grant-funding |author=Issa Rice |date=April 2, 2017 |title=Open Philanthropy Project non-grant funding |publisher=Issa Rice |accessdate=July 28, 2017}}</ref> |
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| 2017 || {{dts|January}} || || CFAR publishes case studies on its impact on existential risk. The report covers Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), Future of Life Institute (FLI), and Arbital (an online discussion platform).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rationality.org/studies/2016-case-studies |title=Case Studies Highlighting CFAR's Impact on Existential Risk |publisher=Center for Applied Rationality |accessdate=July 12, 2017}}</ref> | | 2017 || {{dts|January}} || || CFAR publishes case studies on its impact on existential risk. The report covers Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), Future of Life Institute (FLI), and Arbital (an online discussion platform).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rationality.org/studies/2016-case-studies |title=Case Studies Highlighting CFAR's Impact on Existential Risk |publisher=Center for Applied Rationality |accessdate=July 12, 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2017 || {{dts|August 6}}–17 || || SPARC 2017 takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sparc-camp.org/ |title=What is SPARC? {{!}} SPARC on WordPress.com |publisher=SPARC |accessdate=February 24, 2018 |quote=SPARC—the Summer Program on Applied Rationality and Cognition—will be hosted in the San Francisco Bay Area from August 6 – 17, with students arriving the evening of the 6th and leaving the morning of the 17th. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603013601/https://sparc-camp.org/ |archivedate=June 3, 2017 |dead-url=yes}}</ref> | + | | 2017 || {{dts|May}} || Financial || The Open Philanthropy Project awards a grant of $340,000 to CFAR to "support the European Summer Program on Rationality" (ESPR).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/center-applied-rationality-european-summer-program-rationality |publisher=Open Philanthropy Project |title=Center for Applied Rationality — European Summer Program on Rationality |date=December 15, 2017 |accessdate=February 25, 2018}}</ref> |
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| + | | 2017 || {{Dts|May 29}} || || The Rationalist House Games domain, <code>rationalistgames.org</code>, is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookUP?name=rationalistgames.org |title=Showing results for: RATIONALISTGAMES.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=February 25, 2018 |quote=Creation Date: 2017-05-29T19:25:39Z}}</ref> The Rationalist House Games is a website that hosts competitions between rationality community group houses. The website is apparently run by CFAR (the website itself does not mention CFAR).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rationality.org/resources/updates/2017/fourth-quarter-cfar-newsletter |title=Fourth Quarter CFAR Newsletter |accessdate=February 25, 2018 |quote=Rationalist House Games - Elizabeth Garrett spearheaded a competition between rationalist houses |publisher=[[wikipedia:Center for Applied Rationality|Center for Applied Rationality]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rationality.org/resources/updates/2017/second-quarter-cfar-newsletter |title=Second Quarter CFAR Newsletter |accessdate=February 25, 2018 |publisher=[[wikipedia:Center for Applied Rationality|Center for Applied Rationality]]}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2017 || {{dts|August 6}}–17 || SPARC || SPARC 2017 takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sparc-camp.org/ |title=What is SPARC? {{!}} SPARC on WordPress.com |publisher=SPARC |accessdate=February 24, 2018 |quote=SPARC—the Summer Program on Applied Rationality and Cognition—will be hosted in the San Francisco Bay Area from August 6 – 17, with students arriving the evening of the 6th and leaving the morning of the 17th. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603013601/https://sparc-camp.org/ |archivedate=June 3, 2017 |dead-url=yes}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2017 || {{dts|December 16}} || || CFAR publishes four documents on its website: its 2017 Impact Report,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rationality.org/resources/updates/2017/cfar-2017-impact-report |title=CFAR 2017 Impact Report |accessdate=February 25, 2018 |publisher=[[wikipedia:Center for Applied Rationality|Center for Applied Rationality]]}}</ref> a 2017 Retrospective,<ref name="retrospective-2017" /> information on its 2017 Fundraiser,<ref name="fundraiser-2017" /> and a venue update.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rationality.org/resources/updates/2017/cfar-2017-venue-update |title=CFAR 2017 Venue Update |accessdate=February 25, 2018 |publisher=[[wikipedia:Center for Applied Rationality|Center for Applied Rationality]]}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2018 || {{dts|January}} || Financial || The Open Philanthropy Project awards a grant of $560,000 to CFAR to "support SPARC and related activities".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/center-applied-rationality-sparc-2018 |publisher=Open Philanthropy Project |title=Center for Applied Rationality — SPARC (2018) |date=February 6, 2018 |accessdate=February 25, 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2018 || {{dts|January}} || Financial || The Open Philanthropy Project awards a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to CFAR for general support.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/center-applied-rationality-general-support-2018 |publisher=Open Philanthropy Project |title=Center for Applied Rationality — General Support (2018) |date=February 28, 2018 |accessdate=March 1, 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2018 || {{dts|January 10}} || Financial || CFAR announces that it has exceeded its 2017 fundraising target of $740,000 by raising a total of $759,829.<ref name="fundraiser-2017">{{cite web |url=http://rationality.org/resources/updates/2017/cfar-2017-fundraiser |title=CFAR 2017 Fundraiser |accessdate=February 24, 2018 |publisher=[[wikipedia:Center for Applied Rationality|Center for Applied Rationality]]}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2018 || {{dts|January 19}} || || CFAR instructor Michael "Valentine" Smith begins posting about [[wikipedia:Kenshō|kenshō]] on LessWrong.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lesserwrong.com/posts/tMhEv28KJYWsu6Wdo/kensh |title=Kenshō |author=Michael "Valentine" Smith |date=January 19, 2018 |publisher=LessWrong |accessdate=February 24, 2018}}</ref> He would follow up on the initial post in late February with "The Real-World Omega"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lesserwrong.com/posts/AqbWna2S85pFTsHH4/the-real-world-omega |title=The Real-World Omega |accessdate=February 24, 2018}}</ref> and "Mythic Mode".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lesserwrong.com/posts/HnWN6v4wHQwmYQCLX/mythic-mode |title=Mythic Mode |accessdate=February 24, 2018}}</ref> Kenshō hasn't been discussed officially by CFAR (in particular, Valentine's post seems to be made from a personal capacity), but it seems to be one of the things being discussed in person by CFAR people.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lesserwrong.com/posts/tMhEv28KJYWsu6Wdo/kensh#vDST8wTjsiWKCjZ3y |title=Comment on "Kenshō" |accessdate=February 24, 2018 |author=Qiaochu Yuan |quote=It's seemed to me for awhile now that the stuff that people are actually talking about in person (e.g. at CFAR workshops) has far outstripped the pace of what's publicly available in blog post format and I'm really happy to see progress on that front.}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2018 || {{dts|February}} || Workshop || CFAR collaborates with the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) to conduct the first AI Risk for Computer Scientists (AIRCS) workshop. This would be the first of several AIRCS workshops, with seven more in 2018 and many more in 2019.<ref name=miris-2018-fundraiser>{{cite web |url=https://intelligence.org/2018/11/26/miris-2018-fundraiser/ |title=MIRI's 2018 Fundraiser |publisher=Machine Intelligence Research Institute |date=November 26, 2018 |accessdate=February 14, 2019}}</ref> The page about AIRCS on MIRI's website says: "The material at the workshop is a mixture of human rationality content that’s loosely similar to some CFAR material, and a variety of topics related to AI risk, including thinking about forecasting, different people’s ideas of where the technical problems are, and various potential paths for research."<ref>{{cite web|url = https://intelligence.org/ai-risk-for-computer-scientists/|title = AI Risk for Computer Scientists. Join us for four days of leveling up thinking on AI risk.|accessdate = September 14, 2019|publisher = Machine Intelligence Research Institute}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2018 || {{dts|February 27}} || Leadership || CFAR announces that it has acquired a permanent venue. In addition, executive director Pete Michaud leaves his position to become an advisor and Timothy Telleen-Lawton becomes the new executive director.<ref name="fundraising-and-leadership">{{cite web |url=http://rationality.org/resources/updates/2018/fundraising-and-leadership-updates |title=Fundraising & Leadership Updates |date=February 27, 2018 |first=Pete |last=Michaud |accessdate=March 1, 2018 |publisher=[[wikipedia:Center for Applied Rationality|Center for Applied Rationality]]}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2018 || {{dts|June}} or July || || CFAR will have its new permanent venue in possession and will begin hosting workshops there.<ref name="fundraising-and-leadership" /> | ||
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| + | | 2018 || {{dts|July 22}}{{snd}}{{dts|August 3}} || SPARC || SPARC 2018 is planned to take place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sparc-camp.org/ |title=What is SPARC? {{!}} SPARC on WordPress.com |publisher=SPARC |accessdate=February 24, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224224518/https://sparc-camp.org/ |archivedate=February 24, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2018 || {{dts|September 21}} || Controversy (Brent Dill) || In response to the controversy surrounding allegations of sexual harassment and other manipulative behavior by community member Brent Dill, CFAR disbands the Alumni Community Disputes Council (ACDC) because of poor decisionmaking by ACDC related to the controversy. CFAR Executive Director Timothy Telleen-Lawton contritely states: "To the extent that CFAR did not provide ACDC with sufficient resources and oversight to properly execute its larger mission, that is our fault and not the fault of the volunteer council members. We want to understand the details of what went wrong and how to do better going forward. We have only just started that process and will provide updates to the community once we have them. In the meantime, in addition to the actions above, we offer our apologies to the involved parties, and to all in our alumni network and in the broader community who needed better leadership in this situation."<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.rationality.org/resources/updates/2018/acdc|title = ACDC Update and Apology|date = September 21, 2018|accessdate = September 14, 2019|last = Telleen-Lawton|first = Timothy|publisher = Center for Applied Rationality}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2018 || {{dts|October}}{{snd}}{{dts|November}} || Leadership || Around this time, Duncan Sabien transitions from his full-time and key role in CFAR to a part-time role. His involvement would reduce to zero by April 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.facebook.com/duncan.sabien/posts/2483881418313227|title = Hey, everyone, just a quick status update: my part-time professional involvement with CFAR has now gone to zero.|date = April 21, 2019|accessdate = September 14, 2019|last = Sabien|first = Duncan}}</ref> In May 2019, Sabien would say that the CFAR of 2019 and 2020, under Telleen-Lawton, would look quite different from the CFAR shaped by Sabien in the last few years.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.facebook.com/duncan.sabien/posts/2519421394759229|title = I predict that the Center for Applied Rationality of 2019 and 2020 and beyond will be not-at-all "Duncan shaped."|last = Sabien|first = Duncan|date = May 12, 2019|accessdate = September 14, 2019}}</ref> Sabien's treatment of the Brent Dill affair had attracted controversy right around the time of his transition to a part-time role.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://jbeshir.tumblr.com/post/178335220773/responses-to-the-brent-dill-affair|title = Responses To The Brent Dill Affair|last = Beshir|first = John|date = September 22, 2018|accessdate = September 14, 2019}}</ref> According to CFAR leadership, Sabien's transition to part-time and later eventual departure was unrelated to the Brent Dill controversy.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://files.vipulnaik.com/correspondence/anna-salamon-email-about-duncan-sabien.txt|title = Anna Salamon email about Duncan Sabien (reproduced with permission)|date = April 10, 2020|accessdate = April 17, 2020|last = Salamon|first = Anna}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://deluks917.wordpress.com/2019/09/20/private-post/|title = Abuse in the Rationality/EA Community|author = deluks917|date = September 20, 2019|accessdate = September 10, 2023}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2019 || {{dts|March 21}} || Controversy (Brent Dill) || CFAR Executive Director Timothy Telleen-Lawton publishes a postmortem of the controversy from the previous year surrounding Brent Dill.<ref name=cfars-mistakes-regarding-brent>{{cite web|url = https://www.rationality.org/resources/updates/2019/cfars-mistakes-regarding-brent|title = CFAR's Mistakes Regarding Brent|date = March 21, 2019|accessdate = September 14, 2019|publisher = Center for Applied Rationality|last = Telleen-Lawton|first = Timothy}}</ref> | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 2019 || {{dts|April 23}} || Financial || The Long-Term Future Fund (one of the four Effective Altruism Funds) grants $150,000 to CFAR. The main grant investigator is Oliver Habryka. Habryka explains in the grant write-up that CFAR has a funding shortfall because of their decision not to run a fundraiser in 2018 in the wake of the Brent Dill controversy, so this $150,000 grant helps them get through the next few months without having to make major cuts.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CJJDwgyqT4gXktq6g/long-term-future-fund-april-2019-grant-decisions#CFAR___150_000_|title = CFAR ($150,000)|last = Habryka|first = Oliver|date = April 23, 2019|accessdate = September 14, 2019|publisher = Effective Altruism Forum}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2019 || {{dts|May}} (announcement), {{dts|August 13}}{{snd}}{{dts|August 23}} (first example) || ESPR || CFAR announces that the European Summer Program on Rationality (ESPR) is being spun off into a separate organization run by Jan Kulveit, with the ESPR for 2019 (August 13 to August 23) being managed by that organization.<ref name=cfar-may-2019-newsletter>{{cite web|url = https://www.rationality.org/resources/updates/2019/may-newsletter|title = CFAR Newsletter (May 2019)|date = May 30, 2019|accessdate = September 14, 2019}}</ref> | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 2019 || {{dts|July 24}}{{snd}}{{dts|August 2}} || SPARC || SPARC 2019 takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sparc-camp.org/ |title=What is SPARC? {{!}} SPARC on WordPress.com |publisher=SPARC |accessdate=July 4, 2019 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20190704031208/https://sparc-camp.org/ |archivedate=July 4, 2019 |dead-url=no}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2019 || {{dts|August}} || Financial || The Long-Term Future Fund (one of the four Effective Altruism Funds) recommends a $150,00 grant to CFAR, following up on a similar grant made by them in April 2019. However, before the grant is made from the fund, a private donor steps in to make the same grant, and the recommendation is withdrawn.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/an9GrNXrdMwBJpHeC/long-term-future-fund-august-2019-grant-recommendations-1|title = Long-Term Future Fund: August 2019 grant recommendations|last = Habryka|first = Oliver|date = October 3, 2019|accessdate = April 18, 2020|publisher = Effective Altruism Forum}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2019 || {{dts|August}} || Financial || The Survival and Flourishing Fund makes a $110,000 grant to CFAR as part of its first grant round.<ref name=donations-portal-sff>{{cite web|url = https://donations.vipulnaik.com/donor.php?donor=Survival+and+Flourishing+Fund|title = Survival and Flourishing Fund donations made|accessdate = April 18, 2020}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2019 || {{dts|November}} || Financial || The Survival and Flourishing Fund makes a $150,000 grant to CFAR in its Q4 2019 "S-process" grant round.<ref name=donations-portal-sff/><ref>{{cite web|url = http://survivalandflourishing.fund/sff-2019-q4|title = SFF-2019-Q4 S-process Recommendations Announcement|publisher = Survival and Flourishing Fund|accessdate = April 18, 2020}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2019 || {{dts|November 15}} || Controversy (Jack Lasota) || Four people (Jack Lasota, Gwen Danielson, Emma Borhanian, and Alexander Leatham) wearing Guy Fawkes masks show up to protest a planned CFAR alumni reunion at the Westminster Woods camp on Bohemian Highway. As children nearby get scared, SWAT teams are called in and police shut down miles of highway. The individuals are arrested, and the alumni reunion resumes the next day.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Mystery-in-Sonoma-County-after-kidnap-arrests-of-14844155.php|title = Mystery in Sonoma County after arrests of protesters in Guy Fawkes masks and robes|last = Gafni|first = Matthias|date = November 18, 2019|accessdate = April 18, 2020|publisher = San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://sfist.com/2019/11/19/four-people-in-guy-fawkes-masks-scare-sonoma-retreat/|title = Four People In Guy Fawkes Masks Arrested After Scaring Families At West Sonoma Self-Help Retreat|date = November 19, 2019|last = Barmann|first = Jay|date = November 19, 2019|accessdate = April 18, 2020}}</ref> One of the individuals present at the scene would summarize the incident in a Google Doc.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CJPdj0eBg-lII9KKkCAImxkg7x4-Kc4XxfrZTnVfS5c/edit|title = Elizabeth's Account of Reunion Day 1|accessdate = April 18, 2020}}</ref> This is a public manifestation of an ongoing series of accusations against CFAR leadership over the months;<ref>{{cite web|url = https://sinceriously.fyi/|title = Sinceriously|accessdate = April 18, 2020}}</ref> in December, Pete Michaud, former Executive Director of CFAR, would pen on Facebook "a full throated, shameless defense of Anna, my friend and colleague, against untrue and ungrounded accusations."<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157804747854806&id=549224805|title = I’ll preface by saying outright that what follows is a full throated, shameless defense of Anna, my friend and colleague, against untrue and ungrounded accusations. It’s not at all meant to be a sober assessment of verifiable facts, even though it includes some of that.|date = December 19, 2019|accessdate = April 18, 2020|last = Michaud|first = Pete}}</ref> Jack and Gwen would also be banned from commenting on LessWrong for hostile comments on the CFAR AMA.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/96N8BT9tJvybLbn5z/we-run-the-center-for-applied-rationality-ama-happening-now#5W86zzFy48WiLcSg6|title = Moderator note: I've deleted six comments on this thread by users Ziz and Gwen_|date = December 19, 2019|accessdate = April 18, 2020|publisher = LessWrong|last = Habryka|first = Oliver}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2019 || {{dts|December 18}}{{snd}}January 15 || Financial || CFAR runs its December fundraiser over this time period. The fundraiser raises $225,552 USD compared to a target of $200,000 and a stretch goal of $650,000.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://rationality.org/fundraiser|title = 2019 CFAR Fundraiser|accessdate = April 18, 2020|publisher = Center for Applied Rationality}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2019 || {{dts|December 19}}{{snd}}22 || AMA || CFAR does an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on LessWrong, aiming to answer all questions posed on December 20. Due to the large volume of questions, replies from CFAR continue at full steam till December 22, and further discussion continues till around January 2. Overall the AMA attracts 329 comments.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/96N8BT9tJvybLbn5z/we-run-the-center-for-applied-rationality-ama-starts-friday|title = We run the Center for Applied Rationality, AMA|last = Salamon|first = Anna|date = December 19, 2019|accessdate = April 18, 2020}}</ref> | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 2020 || {{dts|February}} || Financial || The Open Philanthropy Project makes a $375,000 {{w|exit grant}} to CFAR, that will provide CFAR with approximately one year of operating support.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/center-applied-rationality-general-support-2020|title = Center for Applied Rationality — General Support (2020)|publisher = Open Philanthropy Project|date = April 20, 2020|accessdate = May 16, 2020}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2020 || {{dts|June 11}} (announcement) || || In the face of the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic in the United States}}, CFAR goes on a sabbatical. Adam Scholl, a CFAR instructor, says: "we're reading, and learning and scheming, and in general trying to improve ourselves in ways that are hard to find time for during our normally-dense workshop schedule. We're considering a range of options for what to do next—e.g. online workshops, zoom mentoring, helping other orgs in some way—but we haven't yet settled on a decision."<ref>{{cite web|url = https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/eboo4zuXyXp3KhPus/how-is-it-going-with-cfar|title = How is it going with CFAR?|last = Ljones|first = Jorgen|date = June 11, 2020|accessdate = July 2, 2020|publisher = Effective Altruism Forum}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | | + | | 2020 || {{dts|September 26}} (date first seen) || || CFAR publishes its page about its coaching program (in beta). The page says: "With this break on large in-person events, we’re experimenting with a new rationality coaching program. We’re hoping that it will have mutual benefits of helping you make progress on things you care about, and helping us learn about how progress can happen by being in contact with that."<ref name=coaching>{{cite web|url = https://rationality.org/resources/coaching|title = CFAR Coaching (Beta)|date = September 26, 2020|accessdate = October 11, 2020}}</ref> |
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| − | | | + | | 2020 || {{dts|October 9}} || || In response to a post by MIRI research communications manager Rob Bensinger that talks of how MIRI is considering relocating from its current location in Berkeley, California (in the San Francisco Bay Area) to another location in the United States or to Canada, CFAR instruction Adam Scholl responds to a followup question by saying: "Yeah, I think CFAR mostly feels similarly, though we haven't discussed details yet."<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.facebook.com/robbensinger/posts/10163981893970447?comment_id=10163982201640447&reply_comment_id=10163982482675447|title = Yeah, I think CFAR mostly feels similarly, though we haven't discussed details yet.|last = Scholl|first = Adam|date = October 9, 2020|accessdate = October 10, 2020|publisher = Facebook}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2017 || 8 || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://rationality.org/resources/updates/2017/cfar-2017-retrospective |title=CFAR 2017 Retrospective |accessdate=February 24, 2018 |publisher=[[wikipedia:Center for Applied Rationality|Center for Applied Rationality]]}}</ref> || 5 workshops from February to May; 1 in Seattle in June; 2 "Tier II" workshops in July and December; 1 workshop for MIRI researchers in November; 1 lighter workshop prior to Effective Altruism Global in August | + | | 2017 || 8 || <ref name="retrospective-2017">{{cite web |url=http://rationality.org/resources/updates/2017/cfar-2017-retrospective |title=CFAR 2017 Retrospective |accessdate=February 24, 2018 |publisher=[[wikipedia:Center for Applied Rationality|Center for Applied Rationality]]}}</ref> || 5 workshops from February to May; 1 in Seattle in June; 2 "Tier II" workshops in July and December; 1 workshop for MIRI researchers in November; 1 lighter workshop prior to Effective Altruism Global in August |
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| + | == Numerical and visual data == | ||
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| + | === Google Scholar === | ||
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| + | The following table summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar as of December 14, 2021. | ||
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| + | The comparative chart below shows {{w|Google Trends}} data Center for Applied Rationality (search term and Nonprofit organization) from January 2004 to January 2021, when the screenshot was taken.<ref>{{cite web |title=Center for Applied Rationality |url=https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F013b0y9l,Center%20for%20Applied%20Rationality |website=trends.google.com |access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| + | The chart below shows pageviews of the English Wikipedia article {{w|Center for Applied Rationality }} on desktop, mobile-web, desktop-spider, mobile-web-spider and mobile app, from July 2012 to January 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Center for Applied Rationality |url= https://wikipediaviews.org/displayviewsformultiplemonths.php?page=Center+for+Applied+Rationality&months[0]=202101&months[1]=202012&months[2]=202011&months[3]=202010&months[4]=202009&months[5]=202008&months[6]=202007&months[7]=202006&months[8]=202005&months[9]=202004&months[10]=202003&months[11]=202002&months[12]=202001&months[13]=201912&months[14]=201911&months[15]=201910&months[16]=201909&months[17]=201908&months[18]=201907&months[19]=201906&months[20]=201905&months[21]=201904&months[22]=201903&months[23]=201902&months[24]=201901&months[25]=201812&months[26]=201811&months[27]=201810&months[28]=201809&months[29]=201808&months[30]=201807&months[31]=201806&months[32]=201805&months[33]=201804&months[34]=201803&months[35]=201802&months[36]=201801&months[37]=201712&months[38]=201711&months[39]=201710&months[40]=201709&months[41]=201708&months[42]=201707&months[43]=201706&months[44]=201705&months[45]=201704&months[46]=201703&months[47]=201702&months[48]=201701&months[49]=201612&months[50]=201611&months[51]=201610&months[52]=201609&months[53]=201608&months[54]=201607&months[55]=201606&months[56]=201605&months[57]=201604&months[58]=201603&months[59]=201602&months[60]=201601&months[61]=201512&months[62]=201511&months[63]=201510&months[64]=201509&months[65]=201508&months[66]=201507&months[67]=201506&months[68]=201505&months[69]=201504&months[70]=201503&months[71]=201502&months[72]=201501&months[73]=201412&months[74]=201411&months[75]=201410&months[76]=201409&months[77]=201408&months[78]=201407&months[79]=201406&months[80]=201405&months[81]=201404&months[82]=201403&months[83]=201402&months[84]=201401&months[85]=201312&months[86]=201311&months[87]=201310&months[88]=201309&months[89]=201308&months[90]=201307&months[91]=201306&months[92]=201305&months[93]=201304&months[94]=201303&months[95]=201302&months[96]=201301&months[97]=201212&months[98]=201211&months[99]=201210&months[100]=201209&months[101]=201208&months[102]=201207&language=en&drilldown=all|website=wikipediaviews.org |access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref> | ||
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* CFAR apparently ran a rationality dojo; any more info on this?<ref name="salamon-lower-cost-and-europe" /> | * CFAR apparently ran a rationality dojo; any more info on this?<ref name="salamon-lower-cost-and-europe" /> | ||
* Timeline should probably mention some co-founders/early people, like Julia Galef, Andrew Critch, and Eliezer Yudkowsky | * Timeline should probably mention some co-founders/early people, like Julia Galef, Andrew Critch, and Eliezer Yudkowsky | ||
| + | * https://web.archive.org/web/20120812172423/http://appliedrationality.org/ | ||
| + | * https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/McsqZQBbwJnDXimNp/what-is-going-on-with-cfar and https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/B9kP6x5rpmuCzpfWb/comment-reply-my-low-quality-thoughts-on-why-cfar-didn-t-get | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:02, 9 September 2023
This is a timeline of Center for Applied Rationality. Center for Applied Rationality (CFAR) is a nonprofit that organizes rationality workshops, with a focus on AI safety and existential risks.
Contents
Big picture
| Time period | Development summary | More details |
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Full timeline
| Year | Month and date | Event type | Details |
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| 2011 | "Over the years, Yudkowsky found that people struggled to think clearly about A.I. risk and were often dismissive of it. In 2011, Salamon, who had been working at MIRI since 2008, volunteered to figure out how to overcome that problem."[1] | ||
| 2011 | May 28 – June 4 | Workshop | A rationality minicamp takes place.[2][3] |
| 2011 | mid-June – August | Workshop | The Rationality Boot Camp takes place.[4][5][6] |
| 2011 | July 18 | Legal | The Articles of Incorporation for CFAR, at the time called the Feynman Foundation, are written. It would be approved on July 26.[7] |
| 2011 | July 26 | Legal | CFAR, at the time called the Feynman Foundation, is approved by the US Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.[8] |
| 2012 | March 29 | The CFAR Exercise Prize, for help coming up with exercises to teach cognitive skills, is announced. Several requests for exercises were posted and several prizes were given out.[9][10] | |
| 2012 | May 8 | MIRI's April 2012 progress report is published, in which CFAR's name is announced. Until this point, CFAR was known as the "Rationality Group" or "Rationality Org".[11] | |
| 2012 | May 11–13 | Workshop | A rationality minicamp takes place.[2] |
| 2012 | June 22–24 | Workshop | A rationality minicamp takes place.[2] |
| 2012 | July 7 | CFAR's Twitter account, CFARnews, is created.[12] | |
| 2012 | July 10 | Legal | The CFAR Articles of Incorporation are amended to rename the corporation from "Feynman Foundation" to "Center For Applied Rationality".[7] |
| 2012 | July 21–28 | Workshop | A rationality minicamp takes place.[2] |
| 2012 | August 6–13 | SPARC | SPARC 2012 takes place.[13] This is the first SPARC. |
| 2013 | August 5–17 | SPARC | SPARC 2013 takes place.[14] |
| 2013 | December 28 | Annual fundraising post is published on LessWrong making the case for why one should donate to CFAR.[15] | |
| 2014 | August 4–16 | SPARC | SPARC 2014 takes place.[16] |
| 2014 | October 25–26 | As an experimental "beta test", a lower-cost, 1.5-day workshop takes place in the Bay Area.[17] | |
| 2014 | November | First workshops in Europe take place in the UK.[17] | |
| 2014 | December 26 | Annual review/fundraising post is published on LessWrong.[18] | |
| 2015 (?) | The 2015 longitudinal study is published, covering workshops from February 2014 to April 2015.[19] | ||
| 2015 | July 1 | Financial | CFAR is included among the Future of Life Institute's Grant Recommendations for its first round of AI safety grants. The amount recommended is $111,757, for a specialized workshop for "45 of the most promising AI students".[20] The grant would be disbursed on September 1.[21][22][23] (Is this the same as the MIRI Summer Fellows program or some other workshop with a name? The FLI grant pages do not say.) |
| 2015 | July 7–26 | The CFAR-run MIRI Summer Fellows program 2015 takes place.[24][25] This program is apparently "relatively successful at recruiting staff for MIRI".[26] | |
| 2015 | August 4–16 | SPARC | SPARC 2015 takes place.[27] |
| 2015 | December 23 | The annual fundraising and review is posted to LessWrong.[28] | |
| 2016 | January 2 | Anna Salamon posts on LessWrong talking about CFAR's mission in a Q&A.[29] | |
| 2016 | May | Financial | The Open Philanthropy Project awards a grant of $304,000 over two years to CFAR's Summer Program on Applied Rationality and Cognition (SPARC).[30] |
| 2016 | May 17 | External review | Vice profiles CFAR, saying that it "teaches people to think more like computers."[31] |
| 2016 | July | Financial | The Open Philanthropy Project awards a grant of $1,035,000 over two years to CFAR.[32] |
| 2016 | August 2–14 | SPARC | SPARC 2016 takes place.[33] |
| 2016 | December 3, 12 | A couple of posts are published on LessWrong by Anna Salamon. The posts discuss CFAR's new focus on AI safety.[34][35] | |
| 2016 | December 10 | Possibly the first mention of Convergence is from this day. Anna Salamon describes it as follows: "Julia will be launching a small spinoff organization called Convergence, facilitating double crux conversations between EAs and EA-adjacent people in, e.g., tech and academia. It'll be under the auspices of CFAR for now but will not have opinions on AI."[36] | |
| 2016 | December 14 | A Wayback Machine snapshot from this day shows that Julia Galef is listed under the "Convergence project".[37] | |
| 2016 | End of the year | Leadership | Julia Galef steps down as CFAR president; Anna Salamon takes her place and Pete Michaud takes Salamon's place as executive director. In the same post, Galef announces that she is working on the Update Project, a project whose goal is "to help decisionmakers improve the accuracy of their models, especially as they relate to strategies for having a large positive impact on the world".[38][39] The Update Project is the new name for the Convergence project.[40] The Update Project receives funding from the Open Philanthropy Project.[41] |
| 2017 | January | CFAR publishes case studies on its impact on existential risk. The report covers Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), Future of Life Institute (FLI), and Arbital (an online discussion platform).[42] | |
| 2017 | May | Financial | The Open Philanthropy Project awards a grant of $340,000 to CFAR to "support the European Summer Program on Rationality" (ESPR).[43] |
| 2017 | May 29 | The Rationalist House Games domain, rationalistgames.org, is registered.[44] The Rationalist House Games is a website that hosts competitions between rationality community group houses. The website is apparently run by CFAR (the website itself does not mention CFAR).[45][46]
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| 2017 | August 6–17 | SPARC | SPARC 2017 takes place.[47] |
| 2017 | December 16 | CFAR publishes four documents on its website: its 2017 Impact Report,[48] a 2017 Retrospective,[49] information on its 2017 Fundraiser,[50] and a venue update.[51] | |
| 2018 | January | Financial | The Open Philanthropy Project awards a grant of $560,000 to CFAR to "support SPARC and related activities".[52] |
| 2018 | January | Financial | The Open Philanthropy Project awards a grant of $1,000,000 over two years to CFAR for general support.[53] |
| 2018 | January 10 | Financial | CFAR announces that it has exceeded its 2017 fundraising target of $740,000 by raising a total of $759,829.[50] |
| 2018 | January 19 | CFAR instructor Michael "Valentine" Smith begins posting about kenshō on LessWrong.[54] He would follow up on the initial post in late February with "The Real-World Omega"[55] and "Mythic Mode".[56] Kenshō hasn't been discussed officially by CFAR (in particular, Valentine's post seems to be made from a personal capacity), but it seems to be one of the things being discussed in person by CFAR people.[57] | |
| 2018 | February | Workshop | CFAR collaborates with the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) to conduct the first AI Risk for Computer Scientists (AIRCS) workshop. This would be the first of several AIRCS workshops, with seven more in 2018 and many more in 2019.[58] The page about AIRCS on MIRI's website says: "The material at the workshop is a mixture of human rationality content that’s loosely similar to some CFAR material, and a variety of topics related to AI risk, including thinking about forecasting, different people’s ideas of where the technical problems are, and various potential paths for research."[59] |
| 2018 | February 27 | Leadership | CFAR announces that it has acquired a permanent venue. In addition, executive director Pete Michaud leaves his position to become an advisor and Timothy Telleen-Lawton becomes the new executive director.[60] |
| 2018 | June or July | CFAR will have its new permanent venue in possession and will begin hosting workshops there.[60] | |
| 2018 | July 22 – August 3 | SPARC | SPARC 2018 is planned to take place.[61] |
| 2018 | September 21 | Controversy (Brent Dill) | In response to the controversy surrounding allegations of sexual harassment and other manipulative behavior by community member Brent Dill, CFAR disbands the Alumni Community Disputes Council (ACDC) because of poor decisionmaking by ACDC related to the controversy. CFAR Executive Director Timothy Telleen-Lawton contritely states: "To the extent that CFAR did not provide ACDC with sufficient resources and oversight to properly execute its larger mission, that is our fault and not the fault of the volunteer council members. We want to understand the details of what went wrong and how to do better going forward. We have only just started that process and will provide updates to the community once we have them. In the meantime, in addition to the actions above, we offer our apologies to the involved parties, and to all in our alumni network and in the broader community who needed better leadership in this situation."[62] |
| 2018 | October – November | Leadership | Around this time, Duncan Sabien transitions from his full-time and key role in CFAR to a part-time role. His involvement would reduce to zero by April 2019.[63] In May 2019, Sabien would say that the CFAR of 2019 and 2020, under Telleen-Lawton, would look quite different from the CFAR shaped by Sabien in the last few years.[64] Sabien's treatment of the Brent Dill affair had attracted controversy right around the time of his transition to a part-time role.[65] According to CFAR leadership, Sabien's transition to part-time and later eventual departure was unrelated to the Brent Dill controversy.[66][67] |
| 2019 | March 21 | Controversy (Brent Dill) | CFAR Executive Director Timothy Telleen-Lawton publishes a postmortem of the controversy from the previous year surrounding Brent Dill.[68] |
| 2019 | April 23 | Financial | The Long-Term Future Fund (one of the four Effective Altruism Funds) grants $150,000 to CFAR. The main grant investigator is Oliver Habryka. Habryka explains in the grant write-up that CFAR has a funding shortfall because of their decision not to run a fundraiser in 2018 in the wake of the Brent Dill controversy, so this $150,000 grant helps them get through the next few months without having to make major cuts.[69] |
| 2019 | May (announcement), August 13 – August 23 (first example) | ESPR | CFAR announces that the European Summer Program on Rationality (ESPR) is being spun off into a separate organization run by Jan Kulveit, with the ESPR for 2019 (August 13 to August 23) being managed by that organization.[70] |
| 2019 | July 24 – August 2 | SPARC | SPARC 2019 takes place.[71] |
| 2019 | August | Financial | The Long-Term Future Fund (one of the four Effective Altruism Funds) recommends a $150,00 grant to CFAR, following up on a similar grant made by them in April 2019. However, before the grant is made from the fund, a private donor steps in to make the same grant, and the recommendation is withdrawn.[72] |
| 2019 | August | Financial | The Survival and Flourishing Fund makes a $110,000 grant to CFAR as part of its first grant round.[73] |
| 2019 | November | Financial | The Survival and Flourishing Fund makes a $150,000 grant to CFAR in its Q4 2019 "S-process" grant round.[73][74] |
| 2019 | November 15 | Controversy (Jack Lasota) | Four people (Jack Lasota, Gwen Danielson, Emma Borhanian, and Alexander Leatham) wearing Guy Fawkes masks show up to protest a planned CFAR alumni reunion at the Westminster Woods camp on Bohemian Highway. As children nearby get scared, SWAT teams are called in and police shut down miles of highway. The individuals are arrested, and the alumni reunion resumes the next day.[75][76] One of the individuals present at the scene would summarize the incident in a Google Doc.[77] This is a public manifestation of an ongoing series of accusations against CFAR leadership over the months;[78] in December, Pete Michaud, former Executive Director of CFAR, would pen on Facebook "a full throated, shameless defense of Anna, my friend and colleague, against untrue and ungrounded accusations."[79] Jack and Gwen would also be banned from commenting on LessWrong for hostile comments on the CFAR AMA.[80] |
| 2019 | December 18 – January 15 | Financial | CFAR runs its December fundraiser over this time period. The fundraiser raises $225,552 USD compared to a target of $200,000 and a stretch goal of $650,000.[81] |
| 2019 | December 19 – 22 | AMA | CFAR does an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on LessWrong, aiming to answer all questions posed on December 20. Due to the large volume of questions, replies from CFAR continue at full steam till December 22, and further discussion continues till around January 2. Overall the AMA attracts 329 comments.[82] |
| 2020 | February | Financial | The Open Philanthropy Project makes a $375,000 exit grant to CFAR, that will provide CFAR with approximately one year of operating support.[83] |
| 2020 | June 11 (announcement) | In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, CFAR goes on a sabbatical. Adam Scholl, a CFAR instructor, says: "we're reading, and learning and scheming, and in general trying to improve ourselves in ways that are hard to find time for during our normally-dense workshop schedule. We're considering a range of options for what to do next—e.g. online workshops, zoom mentoring, helping other orgs in some way—but we haven't yet settled on a decision."[84] | |
| 2020 | September 26 (date first seen) | CFAR publishes its page about its coaching program (in beta). The page says: "With this break on large in-person events, we’re experimenting with a new rationality coaching program. We’re hoping that it will have mutual benefits of helping you make progress on things you care about, and helping us learn about how progress can happen by being in contact with that."[85] | |
| 2020 | October 9 | In response to a post by MIRI research communications manager Rob Bensinger that talks of how MIRI is considering relocating from its current location in Berkeley, California (in the San Francisco Bay Area) to another location in the United States or to Canada, CFAR instruction Adam Scholl responds to a followup question by saying: "Yeah, I think CFAR mostly feels similarly, though we haven't discussed details yet."[86] |
Workshops
I haven't found numbers for other years, but their home page says 909 workshop alumni on 2017-07-12. The workshop FAQ says "Workshop size varies, but most are around 32 participants. Some are up to 60 participants." So that means maybe around 28 workshops have been conducted in all? It looks like older workshops only had 25 participants, so that could mean up to 36 workshops in all. And there have been at least 20 workshops, from those listed below.
| Year | Number of flagship/main workshops | Sources | Notes |
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| 2013 | 7 | [15] | |
| 2014 | 9 | [18] | |
| 2015 | 4 | [28] | |
| 2016 | It doesn't look like CFAR published an annual review for 2016 | ||
| 2017 | 8 | [49] | 5 workshops from February to May; 1 in Seattle in June; 2 "Tier II" workshops in July and December; 1 workshop for MIRI researchers in November; 1 lighter workshop prior to Effective Altruism Global in August |
Numerical and visual data
Google Scholar
The following table summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar as of December 14, 2021.
| Year | "Center for Applied Rationality" |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2015 | 12 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2018 | 7 |
| 2019 | 10 |
| 2020 | 3 |
Google Trends
The comparative chart below shows Google Trends data Center for Applied Rationality (search term and Nonprofit organization) from January 2004 to January 2021, when the screenshot was taken.[87]
Wikipedia views
The chart below shows pageviews of the English Wikipedia article Center for Applied Rationality on desktop, mobile-web, desktop-spider, mobile-web-spider and mobile app, from July 2012 to January 2021.[88]
Meta information on the timeline
How the timeline was built
The initial version of the timeline was written by Issa Rice. The timeline also has significant additions by Vipul Naik.
Funding information for this timeline is available.
What the timeline is still missing
- CFAR apparently ran a rationality dojo; any more info on this?[17]
- Timeline should probably mention some co-founders/early people, like Julia Galef, Andrew Critch, and Eliezer Yudkowsky
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120812172423/http://appliedrationality.org/
- https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/McsqZQBbwJnDXimNp/what-is-going-on-with-cfar and https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/B9kP6x5rpmuCzpfWb/comment-reply-my-low-quality-thoughts-on-why-cfar-didn-t-get
Timeline update strategy
See also
External links
- Official website
- Donation information and relevant documents list (including reviews of CFAR workshops) recorded on Vipul Naik's donations portal
References
- ↑ Jennifer Kahn (January 14, 2016). "The Happiness Code: A new approach to self-improvement is taking off in Silicon Valley: cold, hard rationality.". The New York Times. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Anna Salamon (March 29, 2012). "Minicamps on Rationality and Awesomeness: May 11-13, June 22-24, and July 21-28". LessWrong. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ↑ Salamon, Anna (April 24, 2011). "Mini-camp on Rationality, Awesomeness, and Existential Risk (May 28 through June 4, 2011)". LessWrong. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
- ↑ bentarm (June 14, 2011). "Rationality Boot Camp". LessWrong. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
- ↑ John Faben (June 12, 2011). "The first four days". Blogger. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
- ↑ Jasen (March 22, 2011). "Rationality Boot Camp". LessWrong. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Articles of Incorporation Of Feynman Foundation" (PDF). Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ↑ "Center for Applied Rationality Nonprofit IRS Approval" (PDF). Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ↑ "Revision history of "CFAR Exercise Prize" - Lesswrongwiki". LessWrong. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ↑ Yudkowsky, Eliezer (March 29, 2012). "SotW: Check Consequentialism". LessWrong. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ↑ Louie Helm (May 8, 2012). "Machine Intelligence Research Institute Progress Report, April 2012". Machine Intelligence Research Institute. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ↑ "CFAR news (@CFARnews)". Twitter. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ↑ rrusczyk (April 20, 2012). "Art of Problem Solving Blog : New Free Summer Camp On Math and Rationality". Retrieved July 13, 2017.
SPARC will be held at UC Berkeley from August 6th to 13th and is open to high school students, including rising freshmen and graduating seniors.
- ↑ "SPARC | CFAR". Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Why CFAR?". LessWrong. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ↑ "SPARC | Summer Program in Applied Rationality and Cognition". Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Anna Salamon (October 2, 2014). "Upcoming CFAR events: Lower-cost bay area intro workshop; EU workshops; and others". LessWrong. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Anna Salamon (December 26, 2014). "CFAR in 2014: Continuing to climb out of the startup pit, heading toward a full prototype". LessWrong. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ↑ "2015 Longitudinal Study". Center for Applied Rationality. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ↑ "AI Researcher Anna Salamon - Future of Life Institute". Future of Life Institute. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ↑ "Grants Timeline - Future of Life Institute". Future of Life Institute. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ↑ "New International Grants Program Jump-Starts Research to Ensure AI Remains Beneficial: Press release for FLI grant awardees. - Future of Life Institute". Future of Life Institute. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ↑ "AI Safety Research - Future of Life Institute". Future of Life Institute. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ↑ "MIRI Summer Fellows 2015". CFAR. June 21, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ↑ Anna Salamon (April 28, 2015). "CFAR-run MIRI Summer Fellows program: July 7-26". LessWrong. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ↑ "Center for Applied Rationality — General Support". Open Philanthropy Project. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
We have some doubts about CFAR's management and operations, and we see CFAR as having made only limited improvements over the last two years, with the possible exception of running the MIRI Summer Fellows Program in 2015, which we understand to have been relatively successful at recruiting staff for MIRI.
- ↑ "SPARC Summer School 2015" (PDF). Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Pete Michaud (December 23, 2015). "Why CFAR? The view from 2015". LessWrong. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Why CFAR's Mission?". LessWrong. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ↑ "Center for Applied Rationality — SPARC". Open Philanthropy Project. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ↑ Matsakis, Louise (May 17, 2016). "The 'Rationality' Workshop That Teaches People to Think More Like Computers. The Center For Applied Rationality wants to help humans make better choices.". Vice. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ↑ "Center for Applied Rationality — General Support". Open Philanthropy Project. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ↑ "What is SPARC? | SPARC on WordPress.com". SPARC. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ↑ "CFAR's new focus, and AI Safety - Less Wrong". LessWrong. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ↑ "Further discussion of CFAR's focus on AI safety, and the good things folks wanted from "cause neutrality" - Less Wrong". LessWrong. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
- ↑ "AnnaSalamon comments on CFAR's new focus, and AI Safety - Less Wrong". LessWrong. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ↑ "CFAR Team". Center for Applied Rationality. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ↑ Julia Galef (February 28, 2017). "Julia Galef - I'm overdue for a career update! Lots of you who...". Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ↑ Julia Galef (March 1, 2017). "The Update Project". Julia Galef. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ↑ Julia Galef (July 28, 2017). "Comment in reply to Vipul Naik". Retrieved July 28, 2017.
The new name for the convergence project (though the focus has shifted a bit since then, as well)
- ↑ Issa Rice (April 2, 2017). "Open Philanthropy Project non-grant funding". Issa Rice. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ↑ "Case Studies Highlighting CFAR's Impact on Existential Risk". Center for Applied Rationality. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Center for Applied Rationality — European Summer Program on Rationality". Open Philanthropy Project. December 15, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ↑ "Showing results for: RATIONALISTGAMES.ORG". ICANN WHOIS. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
Creation Date: 2017-05-29T19:25:39Z
- ↑ "Fourth Quarter CFAR Newsletter". Center for Applied Rationality. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
Rationalist House Games - Elizabeth Garrett spearheaded a competition between rationalist houses
- ↑ "Second Quarter CFAR Newsletter". Center for Applied Rationality. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ↑ "What is SPARC? | SPARC on WordPress.com". SPARC. Archived from the original on June 3, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
SPARC—the Summer Program on Applied Rationality and Cognition—will be hosted in the San Francisco Bay Area from August 6 – 17, with students arriving the evening of the 6th and leaving the morning of the 17th.
- ↑ "CFAR 2017 Impact Report". Center for Applied Rationality. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ↑ 49.0 49.1 "CFAR 2017 Retrospective". Center for Applied Rationality. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 "CFAR 2017 Fundraiser". Center for Applied Rationality. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
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It's seemed to me for awhile now that the stuff that people are actually talking about in person (e.g. at CFAR workshops) has far outstripped the pace of what's publicly available in blog post format and I'm really happy to see progress on that front.
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