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AlexMennen comments on CFAR-run MIRI Summer Fellows program: July 7-26 - Less Wrong Discussion

22 Post author: AnnaSalamon 28 April 2015 07:04PM

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Comment author: AlexMennen 30 April 2015 03:30:55PM 1 point [-]

Why does this program rely on AI risk being within the Overton window? I would guess that the majority of people interested in this were already interested in AI risk before it went mainstream.

Comment author: AnnaSalamon 30 April 2015 07:48:08PM 5 points [-]

First, because the high-math community seems to contain many who are interested now (and have applied), who it would've been harder to interest before. Second, because running such a program for MIRI is more compatible with CFAR's branding, and CFAR's ability to appeal to a wide audience, now than before.