Machine Intelligence Research Institute

What problem is the Machine Intelligence Research Institute working on?

The Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) studies the mathematical underpinnings of intelligent behaviour. It aims to further the development of artificial intelligence systems, ensuring the systems’ safety and reliability.

MIRI researchers don’t predict a specific timeline for the development of smarter-than-human artificially intelligent systems, but researchers generally agree that artificial intelligence will outperform humans in this century.

What does the Machine Intelligence Research Institute do?

MIRI has developed a technical research agenda: Agent Foundations for Aligning Machine Intelligence with Human Interests. MIRI funds research that it thinks may be useful for making general-purpose artificial intelligence safe, reliable, well understood.

MIRI focuses on approaches to artificial intelligence that will remain transparent to humans (so that humans can understand why systems behave the way they do). It aims to develop an understanding of intelligent systems that behave as intended in novel settings.

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