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University of Toronto — Machine Learning Research

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  • Focus Area: Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  • Organization Name: University of Toronto
  • Amount: $520,000

  • Award Date: December 2020

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    Grant Investigator: Daniel Dewey and Catherine Olsson

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    Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $520,000 over four years to the University of Toronto to support research on understanding, predicting, and controlling machine learning systems, led by Professor Chris Maddison, a former Open Phil AI Fellow. This funding is intended to enable three students and a postdoctoral researcher to work with Professor Maddison on the research.

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

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