Key People
3BW
Ben Weinstein-Raun
Acting Director
2025 – present
Part-time acting director as of mid-2025. Also researcher at Palisade Research. Previously a collaborator. Confirmed on about page as of 2026-04-04.
PC
Paul ChristianoFounder
Co-founder
2014 – present
Co-founded AI Impacts in 2014 with Katja Grace. Researcher in AI alignment; later founded Alignment Research Center (ARC). Confirmed via multiple sources as of 2026-04-04.
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Rick Korzekwa
Director
2019 – present
Started as researcher c. 2019; became Director. Published articles on AI forecasting and timelines 2019-2023. Confirmed on about page as of 2026-04-04.
Funding History
7Open Philanthropy Expert Survey on Progress in AIgrant2022
$345KLed by Open Philanthropy
Grant for AI Impacts Expert Survey on Progress in AI research project.
openphilanthropy.orgSFF General Support 2022-H2 (Jaan Tallinn)grant2022
$546KLed by Jaan Tallinn
SFF 2022-H2 round: $546,000 from Jaan Tallinn via Survival and Flourishing Fund to MIRI for AI Impacts general support.
survivalandflourishing.fundOpen Philanthropy General Support 2022grant2022
$620KLed by Open Philanthropy
$620,000 over 2 years general support grant to AI Impacts.
openphilanthropy.orgSFF General Support 2021-H1 (Jaan Tallinn)grant2021
$221KLed by Jaan Tallinn
SFF 2021-H1 round: $221,000 from Jaan Tallinn via Survival and Flourishing Fund to MIRI for AI Impacts general support.
survivalandflourishing.fundOpen Philanthropy General Support 2020grant2020
$50KLed by Open Philanthropy
General support grant to AI Impacts, approximately $50,000.
openphilanthropy.orgOpen Philanthropy General Support 2018grant2018
$100KLed by Open Philanthropy
$100,000 over 2 years general support grant to AI Impacts.
openphilanthropy.orgOpen Philanthropy General Support 2016grant2016
$32KLed by Open Philanthropy
General support grant to AI Impacts via MIRI as fiscal sponsor.
openphilanthropy.orgEntity Assessments
6| Dimension | Rating | Assessor | Source check |
|---|---|---|---|
| approach | Survey research, historical trend analysis, evidence synthesis | editorial | Not checked |
| community-ties | LessWrong, Effective Altruism | editorial | Not checked |
| focus | Empirical analysis of AI timelines, risks, and human-level AI impacts | editorial | Not checked |
| founded | ~2010s | editorial | Not checked |
| key-people | Katja Grace (Lead Researcher), Rick Korzekwa (Director) | editorial | Not checked |
| type | Research organization | editorial | Not checked |
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| Stable ID: | sid_TdbypiKyCw |
| Wiki ID: | E512 |
| Type: | organization |
| YAML Source: | packages/factbase/data/fb-entities/ai-impacts.yaml |
| Facts: | 0 structured (1 total) |
| Records: | 16 in 3 collections |