About Machine Intelligence Research Institute
The Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) is one of the worlds longest-established AI safety research organizations focused on existential risks from advanced AI, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Berkeley, California. Founded by Eliezer Yudkowsky as the Singularity Institute and renamed to MIRI in 2013, the organization conducts foundational research on the alignment problem, AI risk theory, and existential risk from artificial general intelligence. MIRI publishes influential books and papers including Eliezer Yudkowskys foundational AI safety writings, Nate Soares research, and runs the MIRI Communications program advocating for international policy responses to existential AI risks. The organization is widely credited with founding the modern AI safety field.