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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year ago

oh no, the organisation founded by a Swedish EA with a racism scandal is defunct! No, not that one, the other one

www.futureofhumanityinstitute.org

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oh no, the organisation founded by a Swedish EA with a racism scandal is defunct! No, not that one, the other one

www.futureofhumanityinstitute.org

David Gerard@awful.systemsM to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year ago
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    everything in that “why we failed” breakdown is a work of art each to itself. babbie’s first interaction with the real world each and every one of 'em

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      FHI was basically funded by one guy, James Martin. He died in 2013. Its days were numbered at that point. https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/about/founder/

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      remember that LessWrong used to be a joint SIAI (as was) and FHI project, with FHI supplying the academic cover

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        I would guess it likely has a bit more cover/funding these days

        but I was wondering the other day whether the setup was in any way resilient…

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          well now LW/MIRI runs on ethereum

          FHI didn’t seem to manage to tap into that tho

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            not quite entirely what I had in mind, but it will be interesting to see what happens with that down the way as well

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