Are there major points that MIRI considered to be true 5 years ago but doesn't consider to be true today?
Eliezer is the only staff we still have around from 2010, and I'm not sure what he'd say his biggest updates have been. I believe he's shifted significantly in the direction of thinking that the best option is to develop AI that's high-capability and safe but has limited power and autonomy (e.g., Bostrom's 'genie AI' as opposed to 'sovereign AI'), which is interesting.
I came on at the end of 2013, so I've observed that MIRI staff were very surprised by how quickly people started taking AI more seriously and discussing it more publicy over the last year -- ...
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