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World Economic Forum — Global AI Council Workshop

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  • Focus Area: Potential Risks from Advanced AI
  • Organization Name: World Economic Forum
  • Amount: $50,000

  • Award Date: April 2020

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    Grant investigator: Daniel Dewey

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    Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of up to $50,000 to the World Economic Forum to support a workshop hosted by the Global AI Council and co-developed with the Center for Human-Compatible AI at UC Berkeley. The workshop will facilitate the development of AI policy recommendations that could lead to future economic prosperity, and is part of a series of workshops examining solutions to maximize economic productivity and human wellbeing.

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

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