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/
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
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/
remember that LessWrong used to be a joint SIAI (as was) and FHI project, with FHI supplying the academic cover
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…
well now LW/MIRI runs on ethereum
FHI didn’t seem to manage to tap into that tho
not quite entirely what I had in mind, but it will be interesting to see what happens with that down the way as well