Centre for effective altruism — New discretionary fund

Abstract

The Centre for Effective Altruism USA (CEA) has been awarded a grant of $5 million by the Open Philanthropy Project to establish a new discretionary fund to be administered by Carl Shulman, a Future of Humanity Institute Research Associate. This initiative is motivated by the expectation that Shulman has the potential to identify excellent grants that could not be found elsewhere. This new fund is considered an experimentation, with a presumption that Shulman can more effectively allocate these resources than the last $5 million dispensed by the Open Philanthropy Project. The works that might receive funding are potentially transformative AI-related studies, improved predictive models for pharmaceutical and biotechnology innovations guiding research investments, and enhanced characterizations of quantum computing effects on various fields. Simultaneously, Open Philanthropy experiment is underway with a similar yet differently established “external investigators” program. – AI-generated abstract.