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This page is aimed at donors and general audiences rather than technical researchers, making it a useful introductory resource for understanding why AI safety is considered a philanthropic priority within the effective altruism community.

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Giving What We Can presents AI as a major global catastrophic risk and makes the case for charitable giving toward AI safety organizations. The page outlines why advanced AI poses existential and catastrophic risks, highlights leading organizations working on the problem, and provides guidance for donors interested in supporting AI safety efforts.

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•Frames AI risk within the broader context of global catastrophic risks, arguing misaligned or misused AI could cause large-scale or existential harm
•Highlights top recommended organizations for AI safety donations, including technical and policy-focused groups
•Explains the difference between near-term AI harms and longer-term existential risk scenarios to help donors understand the landscape
•Argues that AI safety is relatively neglected and tractable, making philanthropic contributions especially high-impact
•Provides an accessible, non-technical introduction to AI risk for a general philanthropic audience

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# Beneficial artificial intelligence

Why is ensuring beneficial AI important?

##### [Beneficial artificial intelligence](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/cause-areas/reducing-global-catastrophic-risks/artificial-intelligence\#pageTop)

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[Why is ensuring beneficial AI important?](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/cause-areas/reducing-global-catastrophic-risks/artificial-intelligence#why-is-ensuring-beneficial-ai-important)
[What is the potential scale of AI's impact?](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/cause-areas/reducing-global-catastrophic-risks/artificial-intelligence#what-is-the-potential-scale-of-ais-impact)
[Transformative AI](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/cause-areas/reducing-global-catastrophic-risks/artificial-intelligence#transformative-ai)
[AI as an existential risk](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/cause-areas/reducing-global-catastrophic-risks/artificial-intelligence#ai-as-an-existential-risk)
[Is promoting beneficial AI neglected?](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/cause-areas/reducing-global-catastrophic-risks/artificial-intelligence#is-promoting-beneficial-ai-neglected)
[Is promoting beneficial AI tractable?](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/cause-areas/reducing-global-catastrophic-risks/artificial-intelligence#is-promoting-beneficial-ai-tractable)
[How can we promote beneficial AI?](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/cause-areas/reducing-global-catastrophic-risks/artificial-intelligence#how-can-we-promote-beneficial-ai)
[Technical challenge: Ensuring AI systems are safe](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/cause-areas/reducing-global-catastrophic-risks/artificial-intelligence#technical-challenge-ensuring-ai-systems-are-safe)
[Political challenge: Promoting beneficial AI governance](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/cause-areas/reducing-global-catastrophic-risks/artificial-intelligence#political-challenge-promoting-beneficial-ai-governance)
[Why might you not prioritise promoting beneficial AI?](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/cause-areas/reducing-global-catastrophic-risks/artificial-intelligence#why-might-you-not-prioritise-promoting-beneficial-ai)
[What are some charities, organisations, and funds trying to promote beneficial AI?](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/cause-areas/reducing-global-catastrophic-risks/artificial-intelligence#what-are-some-charities-organisations-and-funds-trying-to-promote-beneficial-ai)
[How else can you help?](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/cause-areas/reducing-global-catastrophic-risks/artificial-intelligence#how-else-can-you-help)
[Learn more](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/cause-areas/reducing-global-catastrophic-risks/artificial-intelligence#learn-more)
[Our research](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/cause-areas/reducing-global-catastrophic-risks/artificial-intelligence#our-research)
[Your feedback](https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/cause-areas/reducing-global-catastrophic-risks/artificial-intelligence#your-feedback)

Artificial intelligence (AI) might be the most important technology we ever develop. Ensurin

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