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Rethink Priorities’ 2023 Summary, 2024 Strategy, and Funding Gaps
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An organizational update from Rethink Priorities useful for understanding how EA-aligned research organizations allocate resources across AI safety and governance; relevant for tracking the growth of IAPS and research infrastructure in the AI safety ecosystem.
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Rethink Priorities reviews its 2023 accomplishments—including ~160 research outputs, $11.4M in spending, and influencing $10M+ in third-party grants—while outlining its 2024 strategic priorities across AI safety, governance, animal welfare, and global health. The post highlights key initiatives like the Institute for AI Policy & Strategy and the Worldview Investigations team, and identifies funding gaps as the central constraint on expanding impact.
Key Points
- •In 2023, Rethink Priorities spent ~$11.4M, produced ~160 research outputs, and grew to 72 permanent staff across multiple cause areas.
- •The organization influenced over $10M in grants by other funders, amplifying its research impact beyond direct spending.
- •Key 2023 launches included the Institute for AI Policy & Strategy (IAPS) and a Worldview Investigations team focused on cross-cause prioritization.
- •Work spanned AI governance, technical AI safety, global health, and animal welfare including novel topics like shrimp welfare research.
- •Funding gaps are identified as the primary bottleneck preventing further scaling of high-impact research and implementation work in 2024.
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by kierangreig🔸 , Rethink Priorities Nov 15 2023 4 min read 7 86
Cause prioritization Effective giving AI safety Animal welfare Building effective altruism Global health & development Existential risk Donation Election (2023) Giving Season (2023) Rethink Priorities Application announcements Frontpage Rethink Priorities’ 2023 Summary, 2024 Strategy, and Funding Gaps Executive Summary 7 comments
This post is the executive summary for Rethink Priorities’ report on our work in 2023 and our strategy for the coming year.
Please click here to download a 6-page PDF summary or click here to read the full report.
Executive Summary
Rethink Priorities (RP) is a research and implementation group. We research pressing opportunities and implement solutions to make the world better. We act upon these opportunities by developing and implementing strategies, projects, and solutions to address key issues. We do this work in close partnership with a variety of organizations including foundations and impact-focused nonprofits. This year’s highlights include:
Early traction we have had on AI governance work
Exploring how risk aversion influences cause prioritization
Creating a cost-effectiveness tool to compare different causes
Foundational work on shrimp welfare
Consulting with GiveWell and Open Philanthropy (OP) on top global health and development opportunities
Key updates for us this year include:
Launching a new Worldview Investigations team, who, over the course of the year, rounded off initial work on the Moral Weight Project prior to completing a sequence on “ Causes and Uncertainty: Rethinking Value in Expectation ”
Launching the Institute for AI Policy & Strategy (IAPS) , which evolved out of our AI Governance and Strategy Team. More information can be found at IAPS's announcement post
Commencing four new fiscal sponsorships for unaffiliated groups (e.g., Apollo Research and the Effective Altruism Consulting Network )
Fundraising was comparatively more difficult this year, and we think that funding gaps are the key bottleneck on our impact.
All our published research can be found here . [1] Over 2023, we worked on approximately 160 research pieces or outputs. Our research directly informed grants made by other organizations of a volume at least similar to the one of our operating budget (i.e., over $10M). [2] Further, through our Special Projects program, we supported 11 external organizations and initiatives with $5.1M in associated expenditures. We have reason to think we may be influencing grantmakers, implementers, and other key stakeholders in actions that aren't immediately captured in either that grants
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