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Grant to "support ALTER, an academic research and advocacy organization, which hopes to investigate, demonstrate, and foster useful ways to improve the future in the short term, and to safeguard and improve the long-term trajectory of humanity. The organization's initial focus is building bridges to academia via conferences and grants to find researchers who can focus on AI safety, and on policy for reducing biorisk."

$320K
Funder
FTX Future Fundwiki
Recipient
Association for Long Term Existence and Resilience (ALTER)
Program
FTX Future Fund General Grants
Date
May 2022
Data source
FTX Future Fund
Source
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Notes

[AI safety|Biosecurity and pandemic preparedness] Grant to "support ALTER, an academic research and advocacy organization, which hopes to investigate, demonstrate, and foster useful ways to improve the future in the short term, and to safeguard and improve the long-term trajectory of humanity. The organization's initial focus is building bridges to academia via conferences and grants to find researchers who can focus on AI safety, and on policy for reducing biorisk."

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Grant for "general support for their activities, including running conferences, supporting student groups, and maintaining online resources."Centre for Effective Altruism$14MMar 2022
Grant to "support the completion of a book which explores the nature of human values and the implications for aligning AI with human preferences."Brian Christian$300KMay 2022
Grant to "support HIP’s work recruiting EA working professionals to use more of their resources, including their careers, to focus on the world’s most pressing problems."High Impact Professionals$320KMay 2022
Grant to "support one year of operating expenses and salaries at the Legal Priorities Project, a longtermist legal research and field-building organization."Legal Priorities Project$700KJun 2022
Grant to "support Ought’s work building Elicit, a language-model based research assistant."Elicit (AI Research Tool)$5MMay 2022
Grant to "support the development of universal CRISPR-based diagnostics, including paper-based diagnostics that can be used in developing-country settings without electricity."Sherlock Biosciences$2MFeb 2022
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Other Grants to Association for Long Term Existence and Resilience (ALTER)

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GrantRecipientAmountDate
ARIA TA1.1: Learning-Theoretic AI SafetyAssociation for Long Term Existence and Resilience (ALTER)Jun 2024
ARIA TA1.1: Learning-Theoretic AI SafetyAssociation for Long Term Existence and Resilience (ALTER)Jan 2024
General support of ALTERAssociation for Long Term Existence and Resilience (ALTER)$400KJan 2022
General SupportAssociation for Long Term Existence and Resilience (ALTER)$23KJul 2023
Grant to Association for Long Term Existence and Resilience (ALTER)Association for Long Term Existence and Resilience (ALTER)$82K2025
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Grant to "support ALTER, an academic research and advocacy organization, which hopes to investigate, demonstrate, and foster useful ways to improve the future in the short term, and to safeguard and improve the long-term trajectory of humanity. The organization's initial focus is building bridges to academia via conferences and grants to find researchers who can focus on AI safety, and on policy for reducing biorisk." | FTX Future Fund | Grants | Longterm Wiki