MIRI (Machine Intelligence Research Institute)
- HQ / base
- Berkeley
- Founded
- 2000 (as SIAI)
- Money
- ~$5–8M/yr; Thiel, Buterin, SFF, Open Phil ($14.8M total) historic funders
- Status
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Yudkowsky's original Singularity Institute; ran the Singularity Summits (sold to Singularity University); pioneered 'Friendly AI'/alignment research; declared its technical agenda largely failed (2020–22 'Death with Dignity' era) and pivoted (2024) to policy/communications advocating international shutdown of frontier AI. President Nate Soares; CEO Malo Bourgon. Published 'If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies' (Sept 2025, NYT bestseller).
Connections
- Coefficient Giving (Open Philanthropy)$14.8M cumulative (2016–2020)
- Survival and Flourishing Fund (SFF)recurring grantee
- Vitalik Buterin~$5M crypto (2017–21, approx)
- Buck Shlegerisex-staff
- Evan Hubingerex-researcher
- Eliezer Yudkowskyfounded (2000, as SIAI)
- Nate Soarespresident
- Center for Applied Rationality (CFAR)talent pipeline; shared lineage
- Michael Vassarex-president (SIAI era)
- AI Impactsincubated adjacent
- Singularity Summit / Singularity University lineageSummit lineage; brand sold 2013
- Luke Muehlhauserex-ED