From: Tyler Emerson (emerson@intelligence.org)
Date: Sun Feb 19 2006 - 22:58:21 MST
We are $800 away, with two hours until midnight on the West Coast.
http://www.singularitychallenge.com
Thank you to everyone for your last-minute contributions.
With best wishes,
~~
Tyler Emerson | Executive Director
Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
P.O. Box 50182 | Palo Alto, CA 94303 U.S.
T-F: 866-667-2524 | emerson@intelligence.org
www.intelligence.org | www.singularitychallenge.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sl4@sl4.org [mailto:owner-sl4@sl4.org] On Behalf Of Tyler
> Emerson
> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 5:45 AM
> To: sl4@sl4.org; wta-talk@transhumanism.org
> Subject: RE: Reminder: SIAI Challenge expires this Sunday | SIAI February
> news
>
> Challenge update: We're $2,699 shy of the $100,000 goal.
>
> ~~
> Tyler Emerson | Executive Director
> Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
> P.O. Box 50182 | Palo Alto, CA 94303 U.S.
> T-F: 866-667-2524 | emerson@intelligence.org
> www.intelligence.org | www.singularitychallenge.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tyler Emerson [mailto:emerson@intelligence.org]
> > Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 12:36 PM
> > To: 'sl4@sl4.org'; 'wta-talk@transhumanism.org'
> > Subject: RE: Reminder: SIAI Challenge expires this Sunday | SIAI
> February
> > news
> >
> > I've had some potential donors say they're waiting to donate at the end
> to
> > help cover any remaining amount. If you *can* contribute, please don't
> > wait. Please recognize the Prisoner's Dilemma effect here: everyone
> > waiting to give at the end on Sunday to match what they expect will be a
> > small amount, which causes a large amount to be left, which discourages
> > waiters from giving at all, leaving the Institute with a large amount of
> > unmatched funds.
> >
> > ~~
> > Tyler Emerson | Executive Director
> > Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
> > P.O. Box 50182 | Palo Alto, CA 94303 U.S.
> > T-F: 866-667-2524 | emerson@intelligence.org
> > www.intelligence.org | www.singularitychallenge.com
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Tyler Emerson [mailto:emerson@intelligence.org]
> > > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 4:33 PM
> > > To: 'sl4@sl4.org'
> > > Subject: Reminder: SIAI Challenge expires this Sunday | SIAI February
> > news
> > >
> > > The Singularity Institute's 2006 $100,000 Challenge with Peter Thiel,
> > the
> > > former CEO of PayPal, will expire this Sunday, February 19. Any
> donation
> > > you
> > > make will be matched dollar-for-dollar. So far, SIAI has matched
> > $93,486.
> > >
> > > You can donate and track our progress here:
> > > http://www.singularitychallenge.com
> > >
> > > Personal checks postmarked by Sunday will be matched. If you send a
> > > donation
> > > by check, please let us know so we can keep the donation total
> accurate.
> > >
> > > Matching the Challenge is really crucial for our growth. Below is a
> > > summary
> > > of our present projects, which I hope gives you a sense of our
> > dedication.
> > >
> > > Your tax-deductible Challenge gift will support:
> > >
> > > * The production and promotion of the Stanford Singularity Summit, a
> > > conference to educate up to 1700 people in Silicon Valley about the
> > > singularity hypothesis - representing an unprecedented chance to
> promote
> > > and
> > > further the nascent fields of singularity and global risk studies. A
> > > well-executed conference will increase the interest of gifted
> students,
> > > raise the legitimacy of the research, and expand the range of
> investors.
> > >
> > > Summit homepage teaser:
> > > http://www.intelligence.org/summit/
> > >
> > > * Our second full-time Research Fellow. We are looking for someone
> > > exceptional to collaborate with Yudkowsky on the challenge of a
> workable
> > > theory for self-improving, motivationally stable Artificial
> > Intelligence.
> > >
> > > http://www.intelligence.org/employment/researchfellow.html
> > >
> > > * A remarkable Development Director and Communications Director. I'm
> now
> > > looking for skilled and dedicated collaborators to scale the
> Institute.
> > >
> > > http://www.intelligence.org/employment/development.html
> > > http://www.intelligence.org/employment/communications.html
> > >
> > > * Our forthcoming monthly speaker series, the Future of Humanity
> Forum,
> > at
> > > Stanford Hewlett Teaching Center (its main lecture hall seats 500).
> The
> > > Forum will be an ongoing series to complement and expand on the
> > > Singularity
> > > Summit. Date and time for the inaugural event will be announced
> shortly.
> > >
> > > * Yudkowsky's Friendly AI theory and design work, conference
> > > presentations,
> > > and published writing. He completed recently his two chapter drafts
> for
> > > Nick
> > > Bostrom and Milan Cirkovic's Global Catastrophic Risks (forthcoming):
> > the
> > > first on cognitive biases potentially affecting judgment of global
> > risks,
> > > the second on the unique global risks of Artificial Intelligence.
> > >
> > > * The Singularity Institute Partner Network. Later this year, we'll
> > begin
> > > approaching potential inaugural partners to be our cornerstone for
> > > building
> > > a network of companies, foundations, individuals, and organizations
> > > committed to advancing beneficial AI, singularity, and global risk
> > > studies.
> > >
> > > * Medina's academic presentations. In January, Medina was awarded full
> > > financial support to attend a workshop on Bayesian inference,
> > > nonparametric
> > > statistics, and machine learning at the Statistical and Applied
> > > Mathematical
> > > Sciences Institute in North Carolina. One of the most popular academic
> > > conferences on the interdisciplinary study of the mind, Tucson VII -
> > > Toward
> > > a Science of Consciousness, has accepted his proposal for a talk on
> the
> > > ethics of recursive self-improvement in April. He will also speak on
> > > Artificial General Intelligence ethics at AGIRI's first workshop on
> > moving
> > > from narrow AI to AGI, and at Stanford Law School on a new problem for
> > > personhood ethics in light of human enhancement technologies, both in
> > May.
> > >
> > > * Our organizational identity and website overhaul, after the Summit.
> > >
> > > Further details:
> > > http://www.intelligence.org/challenge/index.html#our_work_details
> > >
> > > ~~
> > >
> > > If you aren't familiar with our work, please see:
> > >
> > > What Is the Singularity?
> > > http://www.intelligence.org/what-singularity.html
> > >
> > > Why Work Toward the Singularity?
> > > http://www.intelligence.org/why-singularity.html
> > >
> > > ~~
> > >
> > > Additional news:
> > >
> > > * Yudkowsky will give a talk on February 24 at the Bay Area Future
> Salon
> > > at
> > > SAP Labs (attendance ranges from 70-100), to discuss the implications
> of
> > > recursive self-improvement for Friendly AI implementation, and the
> > unique
> > > theoretical challenge that recursive self-improvement poses.
> > >
> > > Time:
> > > 6:00-7:00PM (networking, refreshments), 7:00-9:00PM (talk, discussion)
> > >
> > > Location:
> > > SAP Labs, Building D
> > > 3410 Hillview Avenue
> > > Palo Alto, CA 94304
> > >
> > > Details:
> > > http://www.futuresalon.org/2006/02/hard_ai_future_.html
> > >
> > > * Peter Thiel has joined The Singularity Institute's Board of
> Advisors:
> > >
> > > http://www.intelligence.org/advisoryboard.html
> > >
> > > ~~
> > >
> > > Comments are welcomed on the Summit teaser. Note that "What Others
> Have
> > > Said" has some known headshot-display and text issues that will be
> > fixed.
> > >
> > > Feedback:
> > > emerson@intelligence.org
> > >
> > > ~~
> > >
> > > Thank you to everyone helping with the Challenge!
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > ~~
> > > Tyler Emerson | Executive Director
> > > Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
> > > P.O. Box 50182 | Palo Alto, CA 94303 U.S.
> > > T-F: 866-667-2524 | emerson@intelligence.org
> > > www.intelligence.org | www.singularitychallenge.com
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