JoshuaFox comments on New organization - Future of Life Institute (FLI) - LessWrong

44 Post author: Vika 14 June 2014 11:00PM

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Comment author: JoshuaFox 24 June 2014 01:26:41PM *  2 points [-]

Vika, although FLI is focused on outreach rather than research, I think there is potential to pursue parallel paths of research to MIRI. They chose the best path they could find, but it is a narrow one, and other research directions could be pursued simultaneously by other organizations. Have you considered that?

Comment author: Vika 10 July 2014 07:13:05PM 2 points [-]

As a young organization, we are trying to avoid narrowing down our scope prematurely. We are more focused on outreach at the moment, but we are also interested in strategic research questions that might complement MIRI's technical research.