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Nathan Young details AI safety funding for Lightcone Commons

Nathan Young details his funding decisions for Lightcone Commons, an organization focused on AI safety and alignment research. He explains the rationale behind supporting specific projects and individuals, emphasizing their potential to advance the field and mitigate existential risks. AI

IMPACT Provides insight into the strategic allocation of resources within the AI safety research community.

RANK_REASON The item is a personal blog post detailing funding decisions and rationale, fitting the commentary bucket.

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Nathan Young details AI safety funding for Lightcone Commons

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · Nathan Young ·

    Lightcone Commons: what I funded and why

    <p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I am an evaluator for Lightcone Commons (LC). LC is a platform for applicants to submit projects, for evaluators to rank them and for funders to choose the funding orders of several evaluators. It is not a foundation, in that it doesn’t hav…