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Support for AI-safety related CS PhD thesis on enabling AI agents to accurately report their actions

$90K
Funder
Long-Term Future Fund (LTFF)wiki
Recipient
Columbia University
Program
Long-Term Future Fund Grant Rounds
Date
Jan 2022
Source
funds.effectivealtruism.org↗
Notes

[Long-Term Future Fund] Support for AI-safety related CS PhD thesis on enabling AI agents to accurately report their actions

Other Grants by Long-Term Future Fund (LTFF)

544
GrantRecipientAmountDate
6-month salary to translate AGI safety-related texts, e.g. LessWrong and AI Alignment Forum, into RussianMaksim Vymenets$13KJan 2022
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Characterizing the properties and constraints of complex systems and their external interactions to inform AI safety researchAlexander Siegenfeld$20KJul 2019
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12-month salary for researching value learningCharlie Steiner$50KJan 2022
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Support Sam's participation in ‘Mid-term AI impacts’ research projectSam Clarke$4.5KOct 2020
PhD at CambridgeRichard Ngo$150KJul 2020
Funding a nordic conference for senior X-risk researchers and junior talents interested in entering the fieldEffektiv Altruism Sverige (EA Sweden)$4.6KOct 2021
Funding for a degree in the Biological Sciences at UCSD (University of California San Diego)Kristaps Zilgalvis$250KOct 2021
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Other Grants to Columbia University

8
GrantRecipientAmountDate
Additional 5k for Bright Futures Workshop attendees to stay in Berkeley for networkingColumbia University$5KJul 2022
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Funding for ~30-person workshop in Berkeley, CA for promising new or not-yet-connected longtermistsColumbia University$41KJul 2022
Additional 5k for Bright Futures Workshop attendees to stay in Berkeley for networkingColumbia University$5KJul 2022
Grant to "support the work of a PhD student [Claudia Shi] working on AI safety at Columbia University."Columbia University$100KApr 2022
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Columbia University — Regulatory Affairs PositionColumbia University$139KJun 2023
Columbia University — Beyond the Bars Conference 2018Columbia University$50KFeb 2018
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