ALTER Israel - Mid-year 2022 update

Abstract

The Association for Long Term Existence and Resilience (ALTER) Israel, recently launched and funded, aims to prevent catastrophic and existential risks and improve humanity’s long-term future. ALTER Israel has hired an operations manager and a researcher specializing in Vanessa Kosoy’s AI safety research agenda. Activities include a joint conference with the Center for Humanities and AI in October to promote AI safety research among Israeli academics, offering resources to encourage AI research in Israel, and developing a website. Funding sources include the EA infrastructure fund, Long Term Future Fund, FTXFF, and Survival and Flourishing Fund. ALTER Israel plans to share office space with EA Israel and expand its work in the future. – AI-generated abstract.