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MIRI is running its first fundraiser in six years, targeting $6M. The first $1.6M raised will be matched 1:1 via an SFF grant. Fundraiser ends at midnight on Dec 31, 2025. Support our efforts to improve the conversation about superintelligence and help the world chart a viable path forward. MIRI...

Back in May, we announced that Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares’s new book If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies was coming out in September. At long last, the book is here![1] US and UK books, respectively. IfAnyoneBuildsIt.com Read on for info about reading groups, ways to help, and updates on...

(Cross-posted from MIRI's blog.) MIRI's looking for a full-time office manager to support our growing team. It’s a big job that requires organization, initiative, technical chops, and superlative communication skills. You’ll develop, improve, and manage the processes and systems that make us a super-effective organization. You’ll obsess over our processes...

(Pomodoros have been talked about a bunch on LW. I, like elharo, first started using the technique after attending a CFAR workshop. Cross-posted from my blog.) The pomodoro technique is, in short, starting a timer and doing 25 minutes of focused work on a single task without interruption, followed by...

MIRI is gathering a bunch of Eliezer’s writings into a nicely-edited ebook, currently titled The Hard Part is Actually Changing Your Mind. This book will ultimately be released in various digital formats (Kindle MOBI, EPUB, and PDF). Much of the initial work for this project is complete. What we need...

Another gem from xkcd: Is It Worth the Time? It visually answers the question: > How long can you work on making a routine task more efficient before you're spending more time than you save? Of course, he's not the first person to ask this question, but the visual is...

MIRI needs volunteers to proofread our soon-to-be-released publications, such as Eliezer's "Intelligence Explosion Microeconomics." Some reasons to get involved: * Get a sneak peek at our publications before they become publicly available. * Earn points at MIRIvolunteers.org, our online volunteer system that runs on Youtopia. (Even if you're not interested...