Difference between revisions of "Timeline of Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative"
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| + | | 2017 || {{Dts|February 2}} || || On his blog, Andrew Critch publishes the post "Deserving Trust / Grokking Newcomb’s Problem", which explains his concept of "deserving trust" using Newcomb's problem.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://acritch.com/deserving-trust/ |title=Deserving Trust / Grokking Newcomb's Problem {{!}} Andrew Critch |accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| 2017 || {{Dts|April 20}} || || A post on the Effective Altruism Forum announces a grant from the Long-Term Future Fund (one of the EA Funds) to BERI worth $14,838.02.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://effective-altruism.com/ea/19d/update_on_effective_altruism_funds/ |title=Update on Effective Altruism Funds - Effective Altruism Forum |accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref> | | 2017 || {{Dts|April 20}} || || A post on the Effective Altruism Forum announces a grant from the Long-Term Future Fund (one of the EA Funds) to BERI worth $14,838.02.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://effective-altruism.com/ea/19d/update_on_effective_altruism_funds/ |title=Update on Effective Altruism Funds - Effective Altruism Forum |accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2017 || {{dts|May 20}} || || On his blog, Andrew Critch publishes the post "Deserving Trust, II: It’s not about reputation". The post gives a less mathematical explanation of what he means by "deserving trust". The post closes with: "I'm trying to do work that has some fairly broad-sweeping consequences, and I want to know, for myself, that we’re operating in a way that is deserving of the implicit trust of the societies and institutions that have already empowered us to have those consequences."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://acritch.com/deserving-trust-2/ |title=Deserving Trust, II: It's not about reputation {{!}} Andrew Critch |accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| 2017 || {{Dts|July}} || || BERI receives a grant of $403,890 from the Open Philanthropy Project to "support BERI core staff and collaboration between BERI and CHAI [the Center for Human-Compatible AI]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/berkeley-existential-risk-initiative-core-staff-and-chai-collaboration |publisher=Open Philanthropy Project |title=Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI) — Core Support and CHAI Collaboration |date=December 15, 2017 |accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref> | | 2017 || {{Dts|July}} || || BERI receives a grant of $403,890 from the Open Philanthropy Project to "support BERI core staff and collaboration between BERI and CHAI [the Center for Human-Compatible AI]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.openphilanthropy.org/focus/global-catastrophic-risks/potential-risks-advanced-artificial-intelligence/berkeley-existential-risk-initiative-core-staff-and-chai-collaboration |publisher=Open Philanthropy Project |title=Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI) — Core Support and CHAI Collaboration |date=December 15, 2017 |accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2017 || {{dts|September 25}} || || BERI announces its first two grants: $100,000 each to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute and the Future of Life Institute.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://existence.org/grants |title=Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative {{!}} Announcing BERI's first grants program |accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2017 || {{dts|October 19}} || || Andrew Critch publishes a post on the BERI blog detailing BERI's thoughts on growth, ethics, and responsiveness. The section on ethics refers to two posts Critch wrote on his personal blog about deserving trust.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://existence.org/growth |title=Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative {{!}} What we're thinking about as we grow - ethics, oversight, and getting things done |accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2017 || {{dts|December}} || || BERI awards the Machine Intelligence Research Institute $100,000 during the latter's end-of-the-year fundraiser.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://intelligence.org/2018/01/10/fundraising-success/ |title=Fundraising success! - Machine Intelligence Research Institute |publisher=[[wikipedia:Machine Intelligence Research Institute|Machine Intelligence Research Institute]] |date=January 10, 2018 |accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 15:32, 8 February 2018
This is a timeline of Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative.
Contents
Big picture
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Full timeline
| Year | Month and date | Event type | Details |
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| 2017 | February 2 | On his blog, Andrew Critch publishes the post "Deserving Trust / Grokking Newcomb’s Problem", which explains his concept of "deserving trust" using Newcomb's problem.[1] | |
| 2017 | April 20 | A post on the Effective Altruism Forum announces a grant from the Long-Term Future Fund (one of the EA Funds) to BERI worth $14,838.02.[2] | |
| 2017 | May 20 | On his blog, Andrew Critch publishes the post "Deserving Trust, II: It’s not about reputation". The post gives a less mathematical explanation of what he means by "deserving trust". The post closes with: "I'm trying to do work that has some fairly broad-sweeping consequences, and I want to know, for myself, that we’re operating in a way that is deserving of the implicit trust of the societies and institutions that have already empowered us to have those consequences."[3] | |
| 2017 | July | BERI receives a grant of $403,890 from the Open Philanthropy Project to "support BERI core staff and collaboration between BERI and CHAI [the Center for Human-Compatible AI]".[4] | |
| 2017 | September 25 | BERI announces its first two grants: $100,000 each to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute and the Future of Life Institute.[5] | |
| 2017 | October 19 | Andrew Critch publishes a post on the BERI blog detailing BERI's thoughts on growth, ethics, and responsiveness. The section on ethics refers to two posts Critch wrote on his personal blog about deserving trust.[6] | |
| 2017 | December | BERI awards the Machine Intelligence Research Institute $100,000 during the latter's end-of-the-year fundraiser.[7] |
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See also
External links
References
- ↑ "Deserving Trust / Grokking Newcomb's Problem | Andrew Critch". Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ↑ "Update on Effective Altruism Funds - Effective Altruism Forum". Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ↑ "Deserving Trust, II: It's not about reputation | Andrew Critch". Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ↑ "Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI) — Core Support and CHAI Collaboration". Open Philanthropy Project. December 15, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ↑ "Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative | Announcing BERI's first grants program". Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ↑ "Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative | What we're thinking about as we grow - ethics, oversight, and getting things done". Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ↑ "Fundraising success! - Machine Intelligence Research Institute". Machine Intelligence Research Institute. January 10, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
