2024-09-15T13:50:29-07:00 2023-12-31 262176601 EASY OFFICE DBA JITASA 1120 S RACKHAM WAY SUITE 300 MERIDIAN ID 83642 990 2023-01-01 453100226 CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY CENT 5105427915 2740 TELEGRAPH AVE BERKELEY CA 94705 MIRANDA DIXON-LUINENBURG FINANCE LEAD 5109370526 2024-06-13 1 1 JEREMY CORK P01544850 2082874777 2024-09-13 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z ANNA SALAMON 2740 TELEGRAPH AVE BERKELEY CA 94705 9087409 0 X www.rationality.org X 2011 CA PERFORM AND CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO INDIVIDUAL, COLLECTIVE, AND ARTIFICIAL COGNITION. DO THIS RESEARCH BY: A) SEARCHING FOR IDEAS ON HOW TO ALIGN MACHINE INTELLIGENCE, AND FOR USEFUL IDEAS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE REASONING OF BOTH INDIVIDUAL HUMANS AND GROUPS OF HUMANS; B) TEST WHETHER THE IDEAS FOR ONE PORT TO THE OTHERS; C) TEST OUR IDEAS THROUGH TARGETED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENTS, RESEARCH WORKSHOPS, PHYSICAL RESEARCH CENTRES, AND ONLINE RESEARCH FORA; D) COLLABORATE WITH EXTERNAL RESEARCHERS IN RELATED FIELDS. 3 2 18 3 0 0 11146169 8486796 27480 12552 2134 79 473171 587982 11648954 9087409 18262 10500 0 0 1756000 2397911 0 0 0 8389361 6998802 10163623 9407213 1485331 -319804 26094460 28001445 21363207 23597246 4731253 4404199 PERFORM AND CONDUCT RESEARCH INTO INDIVIDUAL, COLLECTIVE, AND ARTIFICIAL COGNITION. DO THIS RESEARCH BY: A) SEARCHING FOR IDEAS ON HOW TO ALIGN MACHINE INTELLIGENCE, AND FOR USEFUL IDEAS ON HOW TO IMPROVE THE REASONING OF BOTH INDIVIDUAL HUMANS AND GROUPS OF HUMANS; B) TEST WHETHER THE IDEAS FOR ONE PORT TO THE OTHERS; C) TEST OUR IDEAS THROUGH TARGETED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENTS, RESEARCH WORKSHOPS, PHYSICAL RESEARCH CENTRES, AND ONLINE RESEARCH FORA; D) COLLABORATE WITH EXTERNAL RESEARCHERS IN RELATED FIELDS. 0 0 8295164 0 12377 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (LIGHTCONE PROJECT): OUR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES CONSIST OF THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS BY STAFF, PRESENTED IN INTERNAL COLLOQUIA, LONGITUDINAL STUDIES, RESEARCH REPORTS, AND MORE. MOST OF THESE OCCUR UNDER THE "LIGHTCONE" PROJECT BRAND. WE ALSO HOST THE ONLINE RESEARCH FORUMS, LESSWRONG AND THE ALIGNMENT FORUM, WHERE STAFF FROM CFAR AND OTHER ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS SHARE AND DISCUSS RESEARCH PROGRESS VIA: TECHNICAL REPORTS, BLOG POSTS, AND DRAFT PAPERS, IN THE FIELDS OF: PSYCHOLOGY, COMPUTER SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, RATIONALITY, AND AI. CFAR OPERATES A RESEARCH CENTER AND OFFICE WHICH RUNS SEMINARS AND VISITOR PROGRAMS FOR RESEARCHERS FROM BOTH THE ORGANISATION AND OTHER GROUPS, UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTES BASED IN THE AREA. IN 2022 CFAR ACQUIRED THE ROSE GARDEN INN PROPERTY TO EXPAND ITS RESEARCH CENTER OPERATIONS. CFAR ALSO RUNS RESEARCH RETREATS FOR STAFF AND INVITED GUESTS, WHO SPEND SUSTAINED EFFORT IN THIS LOCATION OVER 1-2 WEEKS ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT E.G. 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