David Gerard@awful.systemsM to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agooh no, the organisation founded by a Swedish EA with a racism scandal is defunct! No, not that one, the other onewww.futureofhumanityinstitute.orgexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkoh no, the organisation founded by a Swedish EA with a racism scandal is defunct! No, not that one, the other onewww.futureofhumanityinstitute.orgDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square32fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
minus-squarefroztbyte@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoeverything in that “why we failed” breakdown is a work of art each to itself. babbie’s first interaction with the real world each and every one of 'em
minus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoFHI was basically funded by one guy, James Martin. He died in 2013. Its days were numbered at that point. https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/about/founder/
minus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoremember that LessWrong used to be a joint SIAI (as was) and FHI project, with FHI supplying the academic cover
minus-squarefroztbyte@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI would guess it likely has a bit more cover/funding these days but I was wondering the other day whether the setup was in any way resilient…
minus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agowell now LW/MIRI runs on ethereum FHI didn’t seem to manage to tap into that tho
minus-squarefroztbyte@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agonot quite entirely what I had in mind, but it will be interesting to see what happens with that down the way as well
everything in that “why we failed” breakdown is a work of art each to itself. babbie’s first interaction with the real world each and every one of 'em
FHI was basically funded by one guy, James Martin. He died in 2013. Its days were numbered at that point. https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/about/founder/
remember that LessWrong used to be a joint SIAI (as was) and FHI project, with FHI supplying the academic cover
I would guess it likely has a bit more cover/funding these days
but I was wondering the other day whether the setup was in any way resilient…
well now LW/MIRI runs on ethereum
FHI didn’t seem to manage to tap into that tho
not quite entirely what I had in mind, but it will be interesting to see what happens with that down the way as well