Since it’s so old and practically from a non-existent version of SIAI, I guess there’s no harm in sharing it. None of the contents are links, so it’s just a very early draft.
Master Document
January 9 2008 | Version 0.1 | Work in progress | Subject to change
What is the “Master Document” and why aren’t we allowed to see it?
Note that the wiki’s main page, at least, hasn’t been edited in 3+ years.
Since it’s so old and practically from a non-existent version of SIAI, I guess there’s no harm in sharing it. None of the contents are links, so it’s just a very early draft.
Master Document
January 9 2008 | Version 0.1 | Work in progress | Subject to change
Contents
About
Mission
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Goals
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Guiding Principles
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Core Projects
Research:
OpenCog
Research Fellowships
Outreach:
[X] Summit
[X] Dinner
[X] Blog (Community Blog)
Giving:
[X] Challenge
Planned Projects
Research:
Research Grants
Outreach:
[X] Salon
[X] Talks
Giving:
[X] Members
[X] Fund
Financials
Balance: $568,842
Budget:
Research: $188,000
Outreach: $75,000
Administration: $78,000
Operations: $49,800
Gross Expense: $391,000
Policy Standards
Maintain high standard of fairness, transparency, and honesty.
Ensure high ethical standard for theoretical and experimental research.
Conduct ourselves with courtesy and professionalism.
Truthfully represent our work and corporate structure, privately and publicly.
Internal policies, procedures, and governance must reflect our guiding principles.
Team
Tyler Emerson, Executive Director
Ben Goertzel, Director of Research
David Hart, Director of Open Source Projects
Susan Fonseca-Klein, Chief Administrative Officer
Bruce Klein, Director of Outreach
Jonas Lamis, Director of Partnerships
Pejman Makhfi, Director of Venture Development
Colby Thomson, Director of Strategy
Eliezer Yudkowsky, Research Fellow
Directors
Brian Atkins
Sabine Atkins
Tyler Emerson
Ray Kurzweil
Michael Raimondi
Advisors
Nick Bostrom, Oxford Future of Humanity Institute
Peter Cheeseman, NASA Ames Research Center
Aubrey de Grey, Methuselah Foundation
Neil Jacobstein, Teknowledge Inc.
Stephen Omohundro, Self-Aware Systems Inc.
Barney Pell, Powerset Inc.
Christine Peterson, Foresight Nanotech Institute
Peter Thiel, Clarium Capital Management
Giving Audiences
Almost solely supported by individuals. We want to attain large support from:
Members: $20 - $1,000
Major donors: $5,000 - $1,000,000 or more
Foundations, one- or multi-year grant
Companies, annual or one-time
Giving Structure
Annual matching grant: [X] Challenge
Membership giving: [X] Members (refs: EFF, Long Now, TED, CC)
Structured, but not limiting, main fund / endowment: [X] Fund
This document is highly out of date and doesn’t necessarily reflect current plans. It should actually be removed from the wiki.
For an up-to-date planning document, see the Strategic Plan.
Lol. I have no idea. Probably nothing exciting.