Hi, I’m part of the communications team at MIRI. Here’s a very high-level summary of what MIRI is currently doing:
Our research portfolio includes the new Technical Governance Team, as well as some alignment research (though much less than before).
We have also spun up a comms team. We think of our comms work in terms of “rock content” and “wave content.” Currently more effort is going into “rock content” projects which will be announced later.
We also do some work in DC, though this is limited by our status as a 501(c)(3).
MIRI’s strategy update from earlier this year explains the reasoning behind our shift from primarily doing technical alignment research to focusing more on communications and policy. The actual work of making that shift is a lot of why 2024 looked quieter, from the outside, than 2023 (and than our hopes for 2025).
Hi, I’m part of the communications team at MIRI. Here’s a very high-level summary of what MIRI is currently doing:
Our research portfolio includes the new Technical Governance Team, as well as some alignment research (though much less than before).
We have also spun up a comms team. We think of our comms work in terms of “rock content” and “wave content.” Currently more effort is going into “rock content” projects which will be announced later.
We also do some work in DC, though this is limited by our status as a 501(c)(3).
MIRI’s strategy update from earlier this year explains the reasoning behind our shift from primarily doing technical alignment research to focusing more on communications and policy. The actual work of making that shift is a lot of why 2024 looked quieter, from the outside, than 2023 (and than our hopes for 2025).