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AI EthicsValues research
Centre for the Future of Intelligence
Value alignment and policy implications
Academic
http://lcfi.ac.uk/projects/
0.050.50
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-future-of-intelligence-cambridge-university-launches-new-centre-to-study-ai-and-the-future-of
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AI EthicsEthics of AICMUFew detailsAcademic0.000.000.000.50
https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2016/november/gift.html
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AI EthicsValue loading
Duke University
How to Build Ethics into Robust Artificial Intelligence
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.070.06
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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AI EthicsAI Ethics
University of Oxford
Towards a Code of Ethics for AI Research
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.050.04
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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AI OutreachOutreach
Future of Life Institute
Media outreachNon-profit
http://futureoflife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/FLI-2015-Annual-Report.pdf
0.000.000.030.03
http://futureoflife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/FLI-2015-Annual-Report.pdf
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AI OutreachConferences
Future of Life Institute
AI community building conference
Non-profit
http://futureoflife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/FLI-2015-Annual-Report.pdf
0.000.000.050.04
http://futureoflife.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/FLI-2015-Annual-Report.pdf
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AI OutreachAcademic
Hastings Center, Yale
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.070.06
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AI OutreachSchoolSPARCNon-profit
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.030.03
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AI StrategyAI strategy
Centre for Effective Altruism, Oxford
Decision-relevant uncertainty in AI safety
Non-profit
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.040.04
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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AI StrategyAI strategy
Cornell University
Scaling-up AI Systems: Insights From Computational Complexity
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.010.01
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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AI StrategyAI strategyFHI (non-SAIRC)MacrostrategyAcademic0.800.800.701.30Conversation
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AI StrategyAI strategy
Global Catastrophic Risks Institute
Small AI programme in sub-project
Non-profit
http://gcrinstitute.org/emerging-technologies/
0.000.000.040.03
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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AI Strategy
International relations
Global Politics of AI
Very initialAcademic0.000.000.020.10Guess
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AI StrategyAI strategy
Harvard University
Mechanism Design for AI Architectures
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.070.06
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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AI StrategyAI strategy
Machine Intelligence Research Institute
AI ImpactsNon-profit
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.020.02
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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AI StrategyAI strategy
Stanford University
Optimal Transition to the AI Economy
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.030.02
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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AI StrategyAI strategy
Strategic AI Research Centre
StrategyAcademic
https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/research/research-areas/strategic-centre-for-artificial-intelligence-policy/
0.000.130.500.50
http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/201507_FLI
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AI StrategyAI strategy
University of Michigan
Understanding and Mitigating AI Threats to the Financial System
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.070.06
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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RationalityRationalityCFARNon-profit0.000.000.041.00
Guess for 2017 figure http://www.openphilanthropy.org/giving/grants/center-applied-rationality-general-support
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Technical AI Safety
Safety analysis
Carnegie Mellon University
Faster Verification of AI-based Cyber-physical Systems
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.070.06
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Transparency
Carnegie Mellon University
Explanations for Complex AI Systems
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.070.06
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Technical Deep RL
Centre for Human-Compatible AI
IRLAcademic
http://humancompatible.ai/jobs/
0.000.000.050.50
http://news.berkeley.edu/2016/08/29/center-for-human-compatible-artificial-intelligence/
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Technical AI Safety
Technical Deep RL
DeepMind
AI Safety technical research team
Industry
Personal conversation with Toby
0.000.401.001.50
Estimated loosely based on LO and 3 new hires
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Technical AI Safety
Technical
Georgia Institute of Technology
Understanding when a deep network is going to be wrong
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.050.04
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Technical Deep RL
Google Brain
AI Safety technical research team
Industry?0.000.150.150.15
Informal conversations, suggesting maybe .5 FTE inc Chris Olah
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Technical AI Safety
Value loadingIDSIA
Experience-based AI (EXPAI)
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.070.06
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Technical
Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Aligning Superintelligence With Human Interests
Non-profit
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.090.08
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Logic
Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Technical AI safety work
Non-profit
https://intelligence.org/2016/09/16/miris-2016-fundraiser/#plans
0.951.651.752.00
https://intelligence.org/2016/09/16/miris-2016-fundraiser/#plans
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Technical AI Safety
Technical Deep RL
OpenAI
AI Safety technical research team
Industry?0.000.150.450.45
Maybe PC full, and 50% DA?
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Technical AI Safety
Technical
Oregon State University
Robust and Transparent Artificial Intelligence Via Anomaly Detection and Explanation
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.070.06
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Verification
Stanford University
Verifying Deep Mathematical Properties of AI Systems
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.040.03
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Technical
Stanford University
Predictable AI via Failure Detection and Robustness
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.090.08
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Technical
Stanford University
Robust probabilistic inference engines for autonomous agents
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.090.08
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Technical
The University of Melbourne
Security Evaluation of Machine Learning Systems
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.040.03
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Value loading
Theiss Research
Teaching AI Systems Human Values Through Human-Like Concept Learning
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.010.01
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Value loading
Theiss Research
Democratizing Programming: Synthesizing Valid Programs with Recursive Bayesian Inference
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.040.03
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Technical
University of California, Berkeley
Counterfactual Human Oversight
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.020.02
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Technical
University of California, Berkeley
Value Alignment and Moral Metareasoning
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.130.11
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Value loading
University of Cambridge
Investigation of Self-Policing AI Agents
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.020.02
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Technical
University of Cambridge
Applying Formal Verification to Reflective Reasoning
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.010.01
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Technical
University of Colorado
Stability of Neuromorphic Motivational Systems
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.040.03
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Technical
University of Illinois at Chicago
Towards Safer Inductive Learning
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.050.04
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Value loading
University of Oxford
Inferring Human Values: Learning “Ought”, not “Is”
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.080.07
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Value loading
University of Padova
Safety Constraints and Ethical Principles in Collective Decision Making Systems
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.100.09
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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Technical AI Safety
Value loading
University of Washington
Computational Ethics for Probabilistic Planning
Academic
http://futureoflife.org/AI/2015awardees
0.000.000.070.06
http://futureoflife.org/first-ai-grant-recipients/
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