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Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative — MineRL BASALT Competition

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Source ID5IhaGk6TvV
Descriptionto Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative, USD 70000, 2021-07
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CreatedMar 12, 2026, 5:54 AM
UpdatedMar 25, 2026, 3:13 AM
SyncedMar 19, 2026, 8:57 PM

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nameBerkeley Existential Risk Initiative — MineRL BASALT Competition
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date2021-07
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notes[Navigating Transformative AI] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $70,000 to the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative to support the MineRL BASALT competition. The competition asks participants to build AI systems that learn from human feedback within the Minecraft video game, with the intent
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confirmed95% confidence

Last checked: 4/9/2026

[deterministic-row-match] Deterministic match: grantee, amount, date matched in source snapshot (2714 rows)

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