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UCLA School of Law — AI Governance

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  • Focus Area: Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  • Organization Name: UCLA School of Law
  • Amount: $1,536,222

  • Award Date: May 2017

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    Grant investigator: Helen Toner
    This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigator. UCLA School of Law staff also reviewed this page prior to publication.

    The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a gift of $1,536,222 to the UCLA School of Law to support a fellowship, research, and meetings on governance and policy issues related to advanced artificial intelligence. The work will be led by Professor Edward Parson and Assistant Professor Richard Re, who plan to use this funding to hire two fellows for three years to do academic research, publish papers, and hold meetings and workshops related to the topic. This gift falls within our work on potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.

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