“Observations on the funding landscape of EA and AI safety” by Vilhelm Skoglund, Jona

Epistemic status: Hot takes for discussion. These observations are a side product of another strategy project, rather than a systematic and rigorous analysis of the funding landscape, and we may be missing important considerations. Observations are also non-exhaustive and mostly come from anecdotal data and EA Forum posts. We haven’t vetted the resources that we are citing; instead, we took numerous data points at face value and asked for feedback from >5 people who have more of an inside view than we do (see acknowledgments, but note that these people do not necessarily endorse all claims). We aim to indicate our certainty in the specific claims we are making.Context and summaryWhile researching for another project, we discovered that there have been some significant changes in the EA funding landscape this year. We found these changes interesting and surprising enough that we wanted to share them, to potentially help people update [...] ---Outline:(00:47) Context and summary(05:52) Some observations on the general EA funding landscape(05:57) More funding sources(08:00) More activity in the effective giving ecosystem(08:41) Changes in funding flows(14:01) Potential future EA funding(15:09) Some observations on the AI safety funding landscape(15:29) A brief overview of the broad AI safety funding landscape(18:39) There might be more funding gaps  in AI safety this year(22:19) Potential future AI safety funding(25:07) Further questions(27:17) Further resources (non-exhaustive)(27:58) AcknowledgmentsThe original text contained 18 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: October 2nd, 2023 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/RueHqBuBKQBtSYkzp/observations-on-the-funding-landscape-of-ea-and-ai-safety --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.