• @froztbyte
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    187 months ago

    everything in that “why we failed” breakdown is a work of art each to itself. babbie’s first interaction with the real world each and every one of 'em

    • David GerardOPMA
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      7 months ago

      FHI was basically funded by one guy, James Martin - a computer millionaire. (His Wikipedia article misses the source of his wealth, but he owned a private island and the Oxford Martin School donation was the largest single donation in Oxford University’s history.) He died in 2013. Its days were numbered at that point. https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/about/founder/

    • David GerardOPMA
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      157 months ago

      remember that LessWrong used to be a joint SIAI (as was) and FHI project, with FHI supplying the academic cover

      • @froztbyte
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        87 months ago

        I would guess it likely has a bit more cover/funding these days

        but I was wondering the other day whether the setup was in any way resilient…

        • David GerardOPMA
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          107 months ago

          well now LW/MIRI runs on ethereum

          FHI didn’t seem to manage to tap into that tho

          • @froztbyte
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            117 months ago

            not quite entirely what I had in mind, but it will be interesting to see what happens with that down the way as well