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Johns Hopkins University — Support for Jared Kaplan and Brice Ménard

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  • Category: Longtermism
  • Focus Area: Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  • Organization Name: Johns Hopkins University
  • Amount: $55,000

  • Award Date: March 2020

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    Grant investigators: Nick Beckstead

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


    Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $55,000 to Johns Hopkins University to support the initial research of Professors Jared Kaplan and Brice Ménard on principles underlying neural network training and performance.

    This falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.

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