What is the role of research in SI's mission?
How are resources being split between direct AI research and other topics?
Why research anything other than AI itself?
Where will research be published or made available?
Will anything be kept confidential, and how and why? What security measures are in place?
How do we know SI is doing good research if much of it is confidential?
It might be advisable to spilt this so the questions can be voted on separately.
Hello LessWrong,
As one of my assignments at the Singularity Institute (SI), I am writing a research FAQ answering the most frequently asked questions regarding the Singularity Institute's research program.
For a short summary of what SI is about, see our concise summary.
Here are some examples of questions I'm currently planning to include:
1) who conducts research at SI?
2) what are the specific research topics being investigated?
3) what is the history of SI's research program?
4) where does SI see its research program in 5, 10, and 20 years?
5) what other organizations conduct research similar to SI?
Please submit other questions that come to mind below. Unfortunately, due to limited time, we cannot answer every question posed to us. However, I hope to answer some of the questions that receive the most upvotes. Thank you for your participation!