“Funding for work that builds capacity to address risks from transformative AI” by GCR Capacity Building team (Open Phil)

Post authors: Eli Rose, Asya BergalPosting in our capacities as members of Open Philanthropy's Global Catastrophic Risks Capacity Building team. This program, together with our separate program for programs and events on global catastrophic risk, effective altruism, and other topics, has replaced our 2021 request for proposals for outreach projects. If you have a project which was in-scope for that program but isn't for either of these, you can apply to our team's general application instead. We think it's possible that the coming decades will see "transformative" progress in artificial intelligence, i.e., progress that leads to changes in human civilization at least as large as those brought on by the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions. It is currently unclear to us whether these changes will go well or poorly, and we think that people today can do meaningful work to increase the likelihood of positive outcomes. To that [...] ---Outline:(02:47) Categories of work we’re interested in(02:52) Training and mentorship programs(04:27) Events(06:16) Groups(07:17) Resources, media and communications(08:48) Other(09:24) More information(09:28) Eligible proposals(10:43) Application process--- First published: August 13th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/fZH9toukKaHSELafN/funding-for-work-that-builds-capacity-to-address-risks-from --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.