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23 Post author: Baughn 11 December 2015 09:54PM

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Comment author: cursed 11 December 2015 10:37:41PM *  7 points [-]

With Sam Altman (CEO of YCombinator) talking so much about AI safety and risk over the last 2-3 months, I was so sure that he was working out a deal to fund MIRI. I wonder why they decided to create their own non-profit instead.

Although on second thought, they're aiming for different goals. While MIRI is focused on safety once strong AI occurs, OpenAI is trying to actually speed up the research of strong AI.

Comment author: Soothsilver 12 December 2015 01:46:07PM 12 points [-]

Nate Soares says there will be some collaboration between OpenAI and MIRI:

https://intelligence.org/2015/12/11/openai-and-other-news/