“It looks like there are some good funding opportunities in AI safety right now” by Benjamin_Todd

This is a link post.<p> The AI safety community has grown rapidly since the ChatGPT wake-up call, but available funding doesn’t seem to have kept pace.</p><p> However, there's a more recent dynamic that's created even better funding opportunities, which I witnessed as a recommender in the most recent SFF grant round.[1]</p><p> </p><p> Most philanthropic (vs. government or industry) AI safety funding (&gt;50%) comes from one source: Good Ventures. But they’ve recently stopped funding several categories of work (my own categories, not theirs):</p><ul> <li> Many Republican-leaning think tanks, such as the Foundation for American Innovation.</li><li> “Post-alignment” causes such as digital sentience or regulation of explosive growth.</li><li> The rationality community, including LessWrong, Lightcone, SPARC, CFAR, MIRI.</li><li> High school outreach, such as Non-trivial.</li></ul><p> In addition, they are currently not funding (or not fully funding):</p><ul> <li> Many non-US think tanks, who don’t want to appear influenced by an American organisation (there's now probably more [...]</li></ul> <p><i>The original text contained 2 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.</i> </p><p>---</p> <p><b>First published:</b><br/> December 21st, 2024 </p> <p><b>Source:</b><br/> <a href="https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/s9dyyge6uLG5ScwEp/it-looks-like-there-are-some-good-funding-opportunities-in?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Source+URL+in+episode+description&utm_campaign=ai_narration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/s9dyyge6uLG5ScwEp/it-looks-like-there-are-some-good-funding-opportunities-in</a> </p> <p>---</p> <p>Narrated by <a href="https://type3.audio/?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Narrated+by+TYPE+III+AUDIO&utm_term=ea_forum&utm_campaign=ai_narration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TYPE III AUDIO</a>.</p> <p>---</p><div style="max-width: 100%";><p><strong>Images from the article:</strong></p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/cea/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mirroredImages/s9dyyge6uLG5ScwEp/it4ui3ii0gnttirnj9ik" target="_blank"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/cea/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mirroredImages/s9dyyge6uLG5ScwEp/qvxkvxeqbgr6n2srnde7" alt="undefined" style="max-width: 100%;" /></a><p><em>Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try <a href="https://pocketcasts.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Pocket Casts</a>, or another podcast app.</em></p></div>