MIRI's Early FAI Ambitions Spark Heated AI Safety Debate
jd_pressman · x · 2026-08-16
In an AI safety community debate, participants argue over whether MIRI was genuinely committed to building Friendly AI (FAI) in 2011-2013. JD Pressman claims MIRI believed it could achieve AGI first through mathematical purity, while others counter that MIRI never worked on AGI in a basement and that evidence is lacking. The discussion also touches on whether MIRI aimed to 'take over the world' and the ethics of CEV.
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