Grants

The NYU Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, directed by David Chalmers and Ned Block, is devoted to foundational issues in the mind-brain sciences. We have supported their work on AI consciousness and welfare.

The NYU Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy is dedicated to advancing understanding of the consciousness, sentience, sapience, and moral, legal, and political status of nonhumans, including animals and AI systems.

The Center on Long-Term Risk conducts research aimed at ensuring that emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence do not risk causing suffering on an unprecedented scale.

ChinaTalk provides analysis on China, technology, and US-China relations through newsletters and podcasts that reach key decision-makers in government and industry.

We have supported Longview Philanthropy’s Consortium for Digital Sentience Research and Applied Work.

We helped seed the Cooperative AI Foundation through a $15,000,000 commitment. Their mission is to support research that will improve the cooperative intelligence of advanced AI for the benefit of all.

Eleos AI conducts research on the potential sentience and wellbeing of AI systems, aiming to inform policy, guide labs, and grow the field of AI moral patienthood.

We made a $3,000,000 commitment to Carnegie Mellon University to establish the Foundations of Cooperative AI Lab headed by Vincent Conitzer. The lab’s research agenda is on creating foundations of game theory appropriate for advanced, autonomous AI agents – with a focus on achieving cooperation.

The Institute for Law & AI (LawAI) is an independent think tank that researches and advises on the legal challenges posed by artificial intelligence.

We have supported Longview Philanthropy’s request for proposals for work on hardware-enabled mechanisms for AI verification.

The Alliance for Secure AI spreads the message about the serious challenges advanced AI poses and offers ideas for solutions.