ClaimsEliezer Yudkowsky

“So bandwidth here might not be really optimal, but it’s certainly not zero.”

Eliezer Yudkowsky, MIRI senior researcher, podcast guest 28 February 2018 Sam Harris and Eliezer Yudkowsky on "AI: Racing Toward the Brink" (MIRI)

Factual Their own work or organisation

MIRI has some communication with DeepMind's upper people, though the bandwidth is not optimal.

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Reasoning

The extent and quality of private communication between MIRI and DeepMind leadership is not publicly recorded.

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Eliezer Yudkowsky, “MIRI has some communication with DeepMind's upper people, though the bandwidth is not optimal.” (said 28 February 2018). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_8af931b35b3b, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_8af931b35b3b

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