2022-06-15T12:01:11-07:00 2021-12-31 262176601 EASY OFFICE DBA JITASA 1750 W FRONT STREET SUITE 200 BOISE ID 83702 990 2021-01-01 453100226 CENTER FOR APPLIED RATIONALITY CENT 5109370526 2428 DWIGHT WAY STE 6 BERKELEY CA 94704 JACKSON CARROLL DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS 5109370526 2022-06-15 1 JEREMY CORK P01544850 2082874777 2022-06-15 1 11 1 AAL2 2021 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z X ANNA SALAMON 2428 DWIGHT WAY STE 6 BERKELEY CA 94704 4792816 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 14 2 0 0 1619181 4364119 483937 25640 14985 -8589 205373 144038 2323476 4525208 219000 69776 0 0 1014483 897120 0 0 0 733629 2678954 1967112 3645850 356364 879358 3355803 4444483 942818 1152140 2412985 3292343 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 2376944 0 13384 LESSWRONG2.0: LESSWRONG IS A COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO IMPROVING OUR REASONING AND DECISION-MAKING. WE SEEK TO HOLD TRUE BELIEFS AND TO BE EFFECTIVE AT ACCOMPLISHING OUR GOALS. MORE GENERALLY, WE WORK TO DEVELOP AND PRACTICE THE ART OF HUMAN RATIONALITY. 856102 69776 6505 MAIN WORKSHOPS - CFAR HAS PERFORMED LITERATURE REVIEWS IN PSYCHOLOGY, COGNITIVE SCIENCE, AND RELATED FIELDS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A RANGE OF MENTAL TECHNIQUES DESIGNED TO HELP IMPROVE CLARITY OF THINKING AND DECISION-MAKING, AND INCREASE INTERNAL ALIGNMENT TOWARDS GOALS. OUR WORKSHOPS ARE 4-DAY IMMERSIVE PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO TEACH PARTICIPANTS THESE TECHNIQUES IN A PRACTICAL WAY. THE WORKSHOP CONSISTS MOSTLY OF LECTURES AND EXERCISES, AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPANTS TO TRAIN EACH OTHER ON THE TECHNIQUES. 166722 0 19135 RESEARCH AND TRAINING - OUR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES CONSIST OF LITERATURE REVIEWS AND SMALL-SCALE TRIALS, FOLLOWED BY TESTING TECHNIQUES AT WORKSHOPS. OUR TRAINING PRIMARILY CONSISTS OF WEEKEND WORKSHOPS FOR ALUMNI VOLUNTEERS TO ATTEND SO THEY CAN DEVELOP THE SKILL SET TO BE MENTORS OR INSTRUCTORS FOR OUR WORKSHOPS. TRAINING SOMETIMES ALSO INCLUDES CFAR STAFF MEMBERS ATTENDING CONFERENCES AND OTHER EVENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. 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