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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> |
Revision as of 13:56, 9 February 2018
This is a timeline of Foundational Research Institute.
Contents
Big picture
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Full timeline
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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]
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2006 | June 12 | The domain name utilitarian-essays.com is registered.[2]
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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]
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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]
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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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See also
- Timeline of Machine Intelligence Research Institute
- Timeline of Center for Applied Rationality
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External links
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Showing results for: utilitarian-essays.com". ICANN WHOIS. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
Creation Date: 2006-06-12T11:34:21Z
- ↑ "Transparency". Foundational Research Institute. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
- ↑ "Showing results for: FOUNDATIONAL-RESEARCH.ORG". ICANN WHOIS. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
Creation Date: 2013-08-30T09:17:33Z
- ↑ . 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
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(help) - ↑ "Showing results for: REDUCING-SUFFERING.ORG". ICANN WHOIS. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
Creation Date: 2014-09-26T19:43:17Z
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "AI Researcher Kaj Sotala - Future of Life Institute". Future of Life Institute. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ↑ "A conversation with Brian Tomasik, October 6, 2016" (PDF). October 6, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ↑ "Why I think the Foundational Research Institute should rethink its approach". Effective Altruism Forum. Retrieved February 9, 2018.