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Massachusetts Institute of Technology — AI Trends and Impacts Research (2022)

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  • Category: Longtermism
  • Focus Area: Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  • Organization Name: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Amount: $13,277,348

  • Award Date: March 2022

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    Grant investigators: Luke Muehlhauser

    This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. Massachusetts Institute of Technology staff also reviewed this page prior to publication.


    Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $13,277,348 over four years to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to support research led by Neil Thompson on modeling the trends and impacts of AI and computing. Thompson will use this funding to hire new staff and expand his lab work.

    This follows our November 2020 support and falls within our focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.

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