The Center for Applied Rationality is a nonprofit organization based in Berkeley, California, that teaches techniques to improve epistemic and instrumental rationality.

History

CFAR was founded in 2012 by Anna Salamon, Julia Galef, Valentine Smith and Andrew Critch.^[1] Galef served as president until 2016, when Salamon took her place; as of January 2022, she continues to serve in that capacity. Salamon, Jesse Liptrap and Michael Blume currently sit on the board of directors.

Further reading

Rice, Issa (2017) Timeline of Center for Applied Rationality, Timelines Wiki, July 11.

External links

Center for Applied Rationality. Official website.

Related entries

Eliezer Yudkowsky | Julia Galef | Machine Intelligence Research Institute | rationality community

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"CFAR is a 501(c)(3) non-profit operating out of Berkeley, California, originally founded in 2012 by Anna Salamon, Julia Galef, Valentine Smith, and Andrew Critch." (Center for Applied Rationality (2022) Mission, Center for Applied Rationality)

[Link] CFAR: Progress Report & Future Plans

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