[duozerk]

MIRI isn't even really AI; it's a pet project from that insane, sex-pest-filled movement in the US that calls itself "effective altruism" (that and their dozens of even-more-insane offshoots). IIRC originally funded by the pitiful creature that Yudkowsky had by then become.

MIRI hasn't produced or published anything of scientific value. In fact seeing the person this fundraiser is about putting it as a high point in their references is a major red flag.