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AI safety funding needs radical projects, argues Less Wrong contributor

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The author argues that current AI safety funding strategies are misaligned with the potential timelines and probabilities of existential risk from AI. They advocate for a shift towards funding more unconventional and radical projects, even if they carry higher variability, because their potential upside is greater. This approach is framed as a necessary measure for "desperate times" and a continuation of a pattern of delayed reaction in AI safety grantmaking. AI

IMPACT Could shift focus and funding towards more experimental AI safety research.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece discussing AI safety funding strategies.

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AI safety funding needs radical projects, argues Less Wrong contributor

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COVERAGE [1]

  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · Ihor Kendiukhov ·

    Let's fund weird AI safety projects

    <p><span>I think current AI safety funding strategies are often inconsistent with timelines and probabilities of doom that many people have. In particular, I think that many current AI safety funding strategies assume "business as usual", and I think the Overton window must be pu…

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