It is possible they had timing issues whereby a substantial amount of work was done in earlier years but only released more recently. In any case they have published more in 2018 than in previous years.
(Disclosure: I am executive director of CSER) Yes. As I described in relation to last year’s review, CSER’s first postdoc started in autumn 2015, most started in mid 2016. First stages of research and papers began being completed throughout 2017, most papers then going to peer-reviewed journals. 2018 is more indicative of run-rate output, although 2019 will be higher.
Throughout 2016-2017, considerable CSER leadership time (mine in particular) has also gone on getting http://lcfi.ac.uk/ up and running, which will increase our output on AI safety/strategy/governance (although CFI also separately works on near term and non-AI safety-related topics).
Thank you for another detailed review! (response cross-posted to EA forum too)
(Disclosure: I am executive director of CSER) Yes. As I described in relation to last year’s review, CSER’s first postdoc started in autumn 2015, most started in mid 2016. First stages of research and papers began being completed throughout 2017, most papers then going to peer-reviewed journals. 2018 is more indicative of run-rate output, although 2019 will be higher.
Throughout 2016-2017, considerable CSER leadership time (mine in particular) has also gone on getting http://lcfi.ac.uk/ up and running, which will increase our output on AI safety/strategy/governance (although CFI also separately works on near term and non-AI safety-related topics).
Thank you for another detailed review! (response cross-posted to EA forum too)