Machine Intelligence Research Institute — General support (2019)
Open Philanthropy, April 1, 2019
Abstract
The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a two-year grant of $2,652,500 to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) for general support in February 2019. This funding aims to facilitate ongoing research and activities targeted at minimizing potential threats from advanced artificial intelligence. MIRI’s projected operations encompass alignment research, a summer fellows program, computer scientist workshops, and internship programs. This grant reinforces the prior three-year support from October 2017. The final grant amount acknowledges the collaborative determinations of the effective altruism support committee. In November 2019, additional funding was allocated to the original award. This piece also introduces subsequent related grants to MIRI including a substantial grant in 2020 and support for an AI safety retraining program. – AI-generated abstract.
