Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — SERI MATS Program

$195K

Funder

Coefficient Giving wiki

Recipient

Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative

Program

AI Safety Grantmaking

Date

Nov 2021

Source

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Notes

[Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended three grants totaling $195,000 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support its collaboration with the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) on the SERI ML Alignment Theory Scholars (MATS) Program. MATS is a two-month program where students will research problems related to AI alignment while supervised by a mentor. This follows our May 2021 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.

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General Support of BERI-SRL Collaboration	Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative	$52K	Jul 2023
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General Support of BERI-ALL Collaboration	Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative	$150K	Jul 2022
General Support of BERI-CHAI Collaboration	Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative	$250K	Jul 2021
General Support of BERI-CHAI collaboration	Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative	$168K	Jul 2022
General Support	Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative	$247K	Jul 2020
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General Support	Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative	$60K	Jul 2023
General Support of BERI-CLTC Collaboration	Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative	$522K	Jan 2023
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