November 2018: Long-Term Future Fund grants

Abstract

A grant round of approximately $95,500 was decided by the Long-Term Future Fund to be awarded to both newer and more established projects. Of particular interest were educational efforts on AI alignment research and opportunities for networking and research among AI researchers. The article explains how the funds were allocated, to AI summer school, online forecasting community and an AI safety unconference, as well as to more established organizations such as MIRI and Ought. It concludes by estimating the total room for regranting – roughly $800,000 per year for smaller projects, and $2 million over the calendar year if established organizations are included – based on a four times yearly grant cycle. – AI-generated abstract.