CLR Fundraiser 2022
Summary
- Our goal: CLR’s goal is to reduce the worst risks of astronomical suffering (s-risks). Our concrete research programs are on AI conflict, Evidential Cooperation in Large Worlds (ECL), and s-risk macrostrategy. We ultimately want to identify and advocate for interventions that reliably shape the development and deployment of advanced AI systems in a positive way.
- Fundraising: We have had a short-term funding shortfall and a lot of medium-term funding uncertainty. Our minimal fundraising goal is $750,000. We think this is a particularly good time to donate to CLR for people interested in supporting work on s-risks, work on Cooperative AI, work on acausal interactions, or work on generally important longtermist topics.
- Causes of Conflict Research Group: In 2022, we started evaluating various interventions related to AI conflict (e.g., surrogate goals, preventing conflict-seeking preferences). We also started developing methods for evaluating conflict-relevant properties of large language models. Our priorities for next year are to continue developing and evaluating these, and to continue our work with large language models.
- Other researchers: In 2022, others researchers at CLR worked on topics including the implications of ECL, the optimal timing of AI safety spending, the likelihood of earth-originating civilization encountering extraterrestrials, and program equilibrium. Our priorities for the next year include continuing some of this work, alongside other work including on strategic modeling and agent foundations.
- S-risk community-building: Our s-risk community building programs received very positive feedback. We had calls or meetings with over 150 people interested in contributing to s-risk reduction. In 2023, we plan to at least continue our existing programs (i.e., intro fellowship, Summer Research Fellowship, retreat) if we can raise the required funds. If we can even hire additional staff, we want to expand our outreach function and create more resources for community members (e.g., curated reading lists, career guide, introductory content, research database).
Further details
For further details of CLR's progress in 2022, plans for 2023, and funding needs, please see our full fundraiser post.
How to donate
- Donors from Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands can donate tax-deductibly using the form below
- Donors from the USA and UK can donate tax-deductibly through the Giving What We Can platform
- Donors from all other countries can donate to us using the below form, but unfortunately tax deduction will not be available
The Swiss charity Effective Altruism Foundation (EAF) collects and processes donations through the below form on our behalf. Such donations will be used exclusively to support CLR.
For frequently asked questions on donating to CLR, see our Donate page.
Note: since the fundraiser is now over, any donations from now on will not be listed in the fundraiser donations list below.
Donations so far
| Name | Amount | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Möller | CHF 15000 | ||
| David Lechner | CHF 250 | ||
| Swante Scholz | CHF 10000 | Donation for Center on long-term risk (CLR) | |
| Kwan Yee Ng | USD 7000 | ||
| Spencer Pearson | USD 30 | ||
| Althaus Silvia | CHF 5000 | ||
| Markus Winkelmann | CHF 12000 | ||
| Markus Winkelmann |
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CHF 500 | |
| Anonymous | USD 1000000 | ||
| Anonymous | EUR 387000 | ||
| Anonymous | USD 1000 | ||
| Anonymous | USD 500 | ||
| Anonymous | USD 1500 | ||
| Anonymous | USD 40000 | ||
| Jan Rüegg | CHF 4500 | ||
| Adrian Hutter | CHF 9250 | ||
| Patrick Levermore | GBP 10 | ||
| Jonas Vollmer | USD 1000 | ||
| Anonymous | GBP 3.13 |