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GoalsRL — Workshop on Goal Specifications for Reinforcement Learning

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  • Category: Longtermism
  • Focus Area: Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  • Organization Name: GoalsRL
  • Amount: $7,500

  • Award Date: August 2018

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    Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey

    This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. GoalsRL staff also reviewed this page prior to publication.

    The Open Philanthropy Project recommended an award of $7,500 to offset travel, registration, and other expenses associated with attending the GoalsRL 2018 workshop on goal specifications for reinforcement learning. The workshop was organized by Ashley Edwards, a recent computer science PhD candidate interested in reward learning.

    This funding is discretionary and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.

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