Incorrect comments on Q&A with new Executive Director of Singularity Institute - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Incorrect 07 November 2011 03:51:50PM 2 points [-]

What is the "Master Document" and why aren't we allowed to see it?

Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 07 November 2011 04:27:17PM 8 points [-]
Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 07 November 2011 07:45:15PM 6 points [-]

Since it's so old and practically from a non-existent version of SIAI, I guess there's no harm in sharing it. None of the contents are links, so it's just a very early draft.


Master Document

January 9 2008 | Version 0.1 | Work in progress | Subject to change

Contents

1 About
1.1 Mission
1.2 Goals
1.3 Guiding Principles
1.4 Core Projects
1.5 Planned Projects
1.6 Financials
1.7 Policy Standards
1.8 Team
1.9 Directors
1.10 Advisors
1.11 Giving Audiences
1.12 Giving Structure

About

Mission

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Notes:

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Goals

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Guiding Principles

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Core Projects

Research:

  • OpenCog
  • Research Fellowships

Outreach:

  • [X] Summit
  • [X] Dinner
  • [X] Blog (Community Blog)

Giving:

  • [X] Challenge

Planned Projects

Research:

  • Research Grants

* Outreach:*

  • [X] Salon
  • [X] Talks

Giving:

  • [X] Members
  • [X] Fund

Financials

Balance: $568,842

Budget:

  • Research: $188,000
  • Outreach: $75,000
  • Administration: $78,000
  • Operations: $49,800
  • Gross Expense: $391,000

Policy Standards

  • Maintain high standard of fairness, transparency, and honesty.
  • Ensure high ethical standard for theoretical and experimental research.
  • Conduct ourselves with courtesy and professionalism.
  • Truthfully represent our work and corporate structure, privately and publicly.
  • Internal policies, procedures, and governance must reflect our guiding principles.

Team

  • Tyler Emerson, Executive Director
  • Ben Goertzel, Director of Research
  • David Hart, Director of Open Source Projects
  • Susan Fonseca-Klein, Chief Administrative Officer
  • Bruce Klein, Director of Outreach
  • Jonas Lamis, Director of Partnerships
  • Pejman Makhfi, Director of Venture Development
  • Colby Thomson, Director of Strategy
  • Eliezer Yudkowsky, Research Fellow

Directors

  • Brian Atkins
  • Sabine Atkins
  • Tyler Emerson
  • Ray Kurzweil
  • Michael Raimondi

Advisors

  • Nick Bostrom, Oxford Future of Humanity Institute
  • Peter Cheeseman, NASA Ames Research Center
  • Aubrey de Grey, Methuselah Foundation
  • Neil Jacobstein, Teknowledge Inc.
  • Stephen Omohundro, Self-Aware Systems Inc.
  • Barney Pell, Powerset Inc.
  • Christine Peterson, Foresight Nanotech Institute
  • Peter Thiel, Clarium Capital Management

Giving Audiences

Almost solely supported by individuals. We want to attain large support from:

  • Members: $20 - $1,000
  • Major donors: $5,000 - $1,000,000 or more
  • Foundations, one- or multi-year grant
  • Companies, annual or one-time

Giving Structure

  • Annual matching grant: [X] Challenge
  • Membership giving: [X] Members (refs: EFF, Long Now, TED, CC)
  • Structured, but not limiting, main fund / endowment: [X] Fund
Comment author: MichaelAnissimov 07 November 2011 09:01:20PM 9 points [-]

This document is highly out of date and doesn't necessarily reflect current plans. It should actually be removed from the wiki.

For an up-to-date planning document, see the Strategic Plan.

Comment author: lukeprog 07 November 2011 06:12:42PM 3 points [-]

Lol. I have no idea. Probably nothing exciting.