Organization Name
Award Date
12/2019
Grant Amount
$1,111,000
Purpose
To support research relevant to potential risks from artificial intelligence and machine learning, led by Jacob Steinhardt.
Topic (focus area)
Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey
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Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $1,111,000 over three years to UC Berkeley to support research relevant to potential risks from artificial intelligence and machine learning, led by Jacob Steinhardt. This funding will allow Professor Steinhardt to fund students to work on robustness, value learning, aggregating preferences, and other areas of machine learning.
This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.
