At the end of 2023, MIRI had ~$19.8 mio. in assets. I don’t know much about the legal restrictions of how that money could be used, or what the state for financial assets is now, but if it’s similar then MIRI could comfortably fund Velychko’s primate experiments, and potentially some additional smaller projects.
(Potentially relevant: I entered the last GWWC donor lottery with the hopes of donating the resulting money to intelligence enhancement, but wasn’t selected.)
Looked unlikely to me given the most-publicly-associated-with-MIRI person is openly & loudly advocating for funding this kind of work. But maybe the association isn’t as strong as I think.
At the end of 2023, MIRI had ~$19.8 mio. in assets. I don’t know much about the legal restrictions of how that money could be used, or what the state for financial assets is now, but if it’s similar then MIRI could comfortably fund Velychko’s primate experiments, and potentially some additional smaller projects.
(Potentially relevant: I entered the last GWWC donor lottery with the hopes of donating the resulting money to intelligence enhancement, but wasn’t selected.)
Possible that MIRI would like to avoid risking negative reputational consequences of supporting what is still as pretty anti-kosher in the mainstream.
Looked unlikely to me given the most-publicly-associated-with-MIRI person is openly & loudly advocating for funding this kind of work. But maybe the association isn’t as strong as I think.