To my knowledge, no MIRI researcher has had a psychotic break in ~a decade
It’s worth noting that the article was explicit that ex-MIRI researcher Jessica Taylor’s psychotic break was in 2017:
In 2017 she was hospitalized for three weeks with delusions that she was “intrinsically evil” and “had destroyed significant parts of the world with my demonic powers,” she wrote in her post.
She also alleged in December 2021 that at least two other MIRI employees had experienced psychosis in the past few years:
At least two former MIRI employees who were not significantly talking with Vassar or Ziz experienced psychosis in the past few years.
Re: the MIRI employees, it seems relevant that they’re “former” rather than current employees, given that you’d expect there to be more former than current employees, and former employees presumably don’t have MIRI as a major figure in their lives.
It’s worth noting that the article was explicit that ex-MIRI researcher Jessica Taylor’s psychotic break was in 2017:
She also alleged in December 2021 that at least two other MIRI employees had experienced psychosis in the past few years:
Re: the MIRI employees, it seems relevant that they’re “former” rather than current employees, given that you’d expect there to be more former than current employees, and former employees presumably don’t have MIRI as a major figure in their lives.