Conjecture — SERI MATS (2023)

[Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $245,000 to Conjecture to support its collaboration with the Stanford Existential Risks Initiative (SERI) on SERI’s Machine Learning Alignment Theory Scholars (MATS) program. MATS is an educational seminar and independent research program that aims to provide talented scholars with talks, workshops, and research mentorship in the field of AI alignment. This grant will support a London-based extension of the MATS program’s third cohort, which we supported last year. This follows our October 2022 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.