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| − | | 2017 || {{ | + | | 2017 || {{dts|January 7}} || || BERI's domain, <code>existence.org</code>, is possibly purchased around this date.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=existence.org |title={{!}} ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=February 8, 2018 |quote=Updated Date: 2017-01-07T06:13:04Z}}</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|March 17}} || || The first snapshot of BERI's website on the Internet Archive is from this day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://existence.org |title=Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative |accessdate=February 8, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317050259/http://existence.org |archivedate=March 17, 2017 |dead-url=yes}}</ref> |
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| + | | 2017 || {{dts|February}} || || BERI is incorporated.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://existence.org/08-2017-semi-annual-report.pdf |title=The Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative's Semi-Annual Report |accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref> | ||
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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 (and its variant with transparent boxes).<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> This is part of a $50,000 grant (the rest being made from other funding sources). | ||
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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> | | 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|December}} || || BERI commissions Michael Keenan to begin working on a tool to convert Google Docs documents to Markdown format for use on blogs that require Markdown.<ref name="december-2017-activity-update" /> The tool is an [[wikipedia:Plug-in (computing)|add-on]] for Google Docs and is a [[wikipedia:Fork (software development)|fork]] of an existing tool named Gabriel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gabriel-keenan-fork/ocoipfenidpihjgimokbihfaefamehlg |title=Gabriel - Keenan fork - Google Docs add-on |accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thiscouldbejd.github.io/Gabriel/ |title=Gabriel by thiscouldbejd |accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref> | | 2017 || {{Dts|December}} || || BERI commissions Michael Keenan to begin working on a tool to convert Google Docs documents to Markdown format for use on blogs that require Markdown.<ref name="december-2017-activity-update" /> The tool is an [[wikipedia:Plug-in (computing)|add-on]] for Google Docs and is a [[wikipedia:Fork (software development)|fork]] of an existing tool named Gabriel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gabriel-keenan-fork/ocoipfenidpihjgimokbihfaefamehlg |title=Gabriel - Keenan fork - Google Docs add-on |accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thiscouldbejd.github.io/Gabriel/ |title=Gabriel by thiscouldbejd |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><ref name="december-2017-activity-update">{{cite web |url=http://existence.org/2018/01/11/activity-update-december-2017.html |title=Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative {{!}} Activity Update - December 2017 |accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref> | + | | 2017 || {{dts|December}} || || BERI awards the {{W|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> BERI also grants $100,000 to the {{W|Center for Applied Rationality}}.<ref name="december-2017-activity-update">{{cite web |url=http://existence.org/2018/01/11/activity-update-december-2017.html |title=Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative {{!}} Activity Update - December 2017 |accessdate=February 8, 2018}}</ref> |
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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| + | * [[Timeline of Machine Intelligence Research Institute]] | ||
| + | * [[Timeline of Center for Applied Rationality]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 16:57, 8 February 2018
This is a timeline of Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative.
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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| 2017 | January 7 | BERI's domain, existence.org, is possibly purchased around this date.[1]
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| 2017 | March 17 | The first snapshot of BERI's website on the Internet Archive is from this day.[2] | |
| 2017 | February | BERI is incorporated.[3] | |
| 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 (and its variant with transparent boxes).[4] | |
| 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.[5] This is part of a $50,000 grant (the rest being made from other funding sources). | |
| 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."[6] | |
| 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]".[7] | |
| 2017 | September 25 | BERI announces its first two grants: $100,000 each to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute and the Future of Life Institute.[8] | |
| 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.[9] | |
| 2017 | December 1 | BERI announces its experimental Computing Grants program.[10] | |
| 2017 | December | Jaan Tallinn makes a donation of about $5 million to BERI's Grants Program. BERI also receives two unrestricted donations of $100,000 each, from an anonymous donor and the Casey and Family Foundation.[11] | |
| 2017 | December | BERI commissions Michael Keenan to begin working on a tool to convert Google Docs documents to Markdown format for use on blogs that require Markdown.[11] The tool is an add-on for Google Docs and is a fork of an existing tool named Gabriel.[12][13] | |
| 2017 | December | BERI awards the Machine Intelligence Research Institute $100,000 during the latter's end-of-the-year fundraiser.[14] BERI also grants $100,000 to the Center for Applied Rationality.[11] |
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References
- ↑ "| ICANN WHOIS". Retrieved February 8, 2018.
Updated Date: 2017-01-07T06:13:04Z
- ↑ "Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative". Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ↑ "The Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative's Semi-Annual Report" (PDF). Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative | Announcing BERI Computing Grants". Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative | Activity Update - December 2017". Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ↑ "Gabriel - Keenan fork - Google Docs add-on". Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ↑ "Gabriel by thiscouldbejd". Retrieved February 8, 2018.
- ↑ "Fundraising success! - Machine Intelligence Research Institute". Machine Intelligence Research Institute. January 10, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
