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| 2006 || {{dts|June}} || || Brian Tomasik's collection of essays on utilitarianism is first posted to his website at <code>utilitarian-essays.com</code>.<ref name="reducing-suffering-history">{{cite web |url=http://reducing-suffering.org/history-of-this-website/ |publisher=Essays on Reducing Suffering |title=History of This Website |first=Brian |last=Tomasik |accessdate=February 9, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209195859/http://reducing-suffering.org/history-of-this-website/ |archivedate=February 9, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref>
 
| 2006 || {{dts|June}} || || Brian Tomasik's collection of essays on utilitarianism is first posted to his website at <code>utilitarian-essays.com</code>.<ref name="reducing-suffering-history">{{cite web |url=http://reducing-suffering.org/history-of-this-website/ |publisher=Essays on Reducing Suffering |title=History of This Website |first=Brian |last=Tomasik |accessdate=February 9, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209195859/http://reducing-suffering.org/history-of-this-website/ |archivedate=February 9, 2018 |dead-url=no}}</ref>
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| 2006 || {{dts|June 12}} || || The domain name <code>utilitarian-essays.com</code> is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=utilitarian-essays.com |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |title=Showing results for: utilitarian-essays.com |accessdate=February 9, 2018 |quote=Creation Date: 2006-06-12T11:34:21Z}}</ref>
 
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| 2008 || || || Brian Tomasik's "A Collection of Essays on Utilitarianism" is renamed to "Essays on Reducing Suffering".<ref name="reducing-suffering-history" />
 
| 2008 || || || Brian Tomasik's "A Collection of Essays on Utilitarianism" is renamed to "Essays on Reducing Suffering".<ref name="reducing-suffering-history" />
 
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| 2013 || {{dts|July}} || Organization || The Foundational Research Institute (FRI) is founded. Some of FRI's work discusses risks from artificial intelligence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://foundational-research.org/transparency |title=Transparency |publisher=Foundational Research Institute |accessdate=July 27, 2017}}</ref>
 
| 2013 || {{dts|July}} || Organization || The Foundational Research Institute (FRI) is founded. Some of FRI's work discusses risks from artificial intelligence.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://foundational-research.org/transparency |title=Transparency |publisher=Foundational Research Institute |accessdate=July 27, 2017}}</ref>
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| 2013 || {{dts|August 30}} || || FRI's domain, <code>foundational-research.org</code>, is registered on this day.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=foundational-research.org |title=Showing results for: FOUNDATIONAL-RESEARCH.ORG |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |accessdate=February 9, 2018 |quote=Creation Date: 2013-08-30T09:17:33Z}}</ref>
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| 2014 || {{dts|April 21}} || || The first snapshot of FRI's website on the {{W|Internet Archive}} is from this day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://foundational-research.org:80/ |title= |publisher=The Foundational Research Institute |accessdate=February 9, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421153739/http://foundational-research.org:80/ |archivedate=April 21, 2014 |dead-url=yes}}</ref>
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| 2014 || {{dts|September 26}} || || <code>reducing-suffering.org</code> is registered.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=reducing-suffering.org |publisher=ICANN WHOIS |title=Showing results for: REDUCING-SUFFERING.ORG |accessdate=February 9, 2018 |quote=Creation Date: 2014-09-26T19:43:17Z}}</ref>
 
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| 2015 || {{dts|July 1}} || Grant || The Future of Life Institute's Grant Recommendations for its first round of AI safety grants are publicly announced. The grants 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> One of the grantees is Kaj Sotala, who is at FRI.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://futureoflife.org/ai-researcher-kaj-sotala/ |title=AI Researcher Kaj Sotala - Future of Life Institute |publisher=Future of Life Institute |accessdate=February 9, 2018}}</ref>
 
| 2015 || {{dts|July 1}} || Grant || The Future of Life Institute's Grant Recommendations for its first round of AI safety grants are publicly announced. The grants 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> One of the grantees is Kaj Sotala, who is at FRI.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://futureoflife.org/ai-researcher-kaj-sotala/ |title=AI Researcher Kaj Sotala - Future of Life Institute |publisher=Future of Life Institute |accessdate=February 9, 2018}}</ref>

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2006 June Brian Tomasik's collection of essays on utilitarianism is first posted to his website at utilitarian-essays.com.[1]
2006 June 12 The domain name utilitarian-essays.com is registered.[2]
2008 Brian Tomasik's "A Collection of Essays on Utilitarianism" is renamed to "Essays on Reducing Suffering".[1]
2013 July Organization The Foundational Research Institute (FRI) is founded. Some of FRI's work discusses risks from artificial intelligence.[3]
2013 August 30 FRI's domain, foundational-research.org, is registered on this day.[4]
2014 April 21 The first snapshot of FRI's website on the Internet Archive is from this day.[5]
2014 September 26 reducing-suffering.org is registered.[6]
2015 July 1 Grant The Future of Life Institute's Grant Recommendations for its first round of AI safety grants are publicly announced. The grants would be disbursed on September 1.[7][8][9] One of the grantees is Kaj Sotala, who is at FRI.[10]
2016 October 6 Luke Muehlhauser of the Open Philanthropy Project has a conversation with Brian Tomasik on which beings are phenomenally conscious, Tomasik's brand of panpsychism, and other related topics. The conversation is part of the Open Philanthropy Project's investigation of moral patienthood.[11]
2017 July 20 Mike Johnson publishes "Why I think the Foundational Research Institute should rethink its approach" on the Effective Altruism Forum. The post argues against FRI's views on consciousness (Type-A materialism).[12]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Tomasik, Brian. "History of This Website". Essays on Reducing Suffering. Archived from the original on February 9, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018. 
  2. "Showing results for: utilitarian-essays.com". ICANN WHOIS. Retrieved February 9, 2018. Creation Date: 2006-06-12T11:34:21Z 
  3. "Transparency". Foundational Research Institute. Retrieved July 27, 2017. 
  4. "Showing results for: FOUNDATIONAL-RESEARCH.ORG". ICANN WHOIS. Retrieved February 9, 2018. Creation Date: 2013-08-30T09:17:33Z 
  5. . The Foundational Research Institute https://web.archive.org/web/20140421153739/http://foundational-research.org:80/. Archived from the original on April 21, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2018.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Showing results for: REDUCING-SUFFERING.ORG". ICANN WHOIS. Retrieved February 9, 2018. Creation Date: 2014-09-26T19:43:17Z 
  7. "Grants Timeline - Future of Life Institute". Future of Life Institute. Retrieved July 13, 2017. 
  8. "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. 
  9. "AI Safety Research - Future of Life Institute". Future of Life Institute. Retrieved July 13, 2017. 
  10. "AI Researcher Kaj Sotala - Future of Life Institute". Future of Life Institute. Retrieved February 9, 2018. 
  11. "A conversation with Brian Tomasik, October 6, 2016" (PDF). October 6, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2018. 
  12. "Why I think the Foundational Research Institute should rethink its approach". Effective Altruism Forum. Retrieved February 9, 2018.