“Announcing Open Philanthropy’s AI governance and policy RFP” by JulianHazell

This is a link post. AI has enormous beneficial potential if it is governed well. However, in line with a growing contingent of AI (and other) experts from academia, industry, government, and civil society, we also think that AI systems could soon (e.g. in the next 15 years) cause catastrophic harm. For example, this could happen if malicious human actors deliberately misuse advanced AI systems, or if we lose control of future powerful systems designed to take autonomous actions.[1] To improve the odds that humanity successfully navigates these risks, we are soliciting short expressions of interest (EOIs) for funding for work across six subject areas, described below. Strong applications might be funded by Good Ventures (Open Philanthropy's partner organization), or by any of >20 (and growing) other philanthropists who have told us they are concerned about these risks and are interested to hear about grant opportunities we recommend.[2] (You can [...] ---Outline:(02:02) 1. Eligible proposal subject areas(05:40) 2. Eligible proposal types(16:18) 3. Criteria by which applications will be assessed(19:10) 4. Application process(21:05) 5. Other information(22:03) 6. Frequently Asked Questions--- First published: July 17th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/8DRXLFminPYFqKWHv/announcing-open-philanthropy-s-ai-governance-and-policy-rfp --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.