AFFINE (Agent Foundations FIeld NEtwork) was set up and applied for SFF funding on behalf of several ex-MIRI members, but only got relatively small amounts of funding. We’re thinking about the best currently possible model, but it’s still looking like individuals applying for funding separately. I would be keen for a more structured org to pop up and fill the place, or for someone to join AFFINE and figure out how to make it a better home for AF.
Strongly agree that there needs to be an institutional home. My biggest problem is that there is still no such new home!
AFFINE (Agent Foundations FIeld NEtwork) was set up and applied for SFF funding on behalf of several ex-MIRI members, but only got relatively small amounts of funding. We’re thinking about the best currently possible model, but it’s still looking like individuals applying for funding separately. I would be keen for a more structured org to pop up and fill the place, or for someone to join AFFINE and figure out how to make it a better home for AF.