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I'm currently a Technical Governance Researcher at MIRI. Things I post should be considered my personal opinions, not those of any employer, unless stated otherwise.
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By Aaron Scher; endorsed by Bourgon, Soares, and Yudkowsky on behalf of MIRI. MIRI has been warning about the extinction threat from superintelligent AI for over two decades. Only recently has this danger become known in the policy world, and the proposed policies for dealing with the threat have to...
In summer 2026, MIRI ran a technical governance fellowship to expand the team and identify promising early-stage technical governance researchers. To support the program, we also developed a couple of resources for our fellows. This post is a trailhead for those interested in MIRI-style technical governance work, including two reading...
I get sick a lot. Getting sick sucks. Maybe there are cheap and easy ways to get sick less? I asked LLMs[1] to read all the relevant literature reviews and figure out what supplements or medicine I should be taking to get sick less and make it suck less. I...
Epistemic status: This is a quick analysis that might have major mistakes. I currently think there is something real and important here. I’m sharing to elicit feedback and update others insofar as an update is in order, and to learn that I am wrong insofar as that’s the case. Summary...
Update: Applications are now closed. To register your interest in future cohorts, fill out this form. MIRI’s Technical Governance Team plans to run a small research fellowship program in early 2026. The program will run for 8 weeks, and include a $1200/week stipend. Fellows are expected to work on their...
We at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute’s Technical Governance Team have proposed an illustrative international agreement (blog post) to halt the development of superintelligence until it can be done safely. For those who haven’t read it already, we recommend familiarizing yourself with the agreement before reading this post. Summary This...
We at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute’s Technical Governance Team have proposed an illustrative international agreement (blog post) to halt the development of superintelligence until it can be done safely. For those who haven’t read it already, we recommend familiarizing yourself with the agreement before reading this post. TLDR: This...