Ozempic for Sleep: Research for Safely Reducing Sleep Needs

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Lightcone Infrastructure

Funding for LessWrong.com, the AI Alignment Forum, Lighthaven and other Lightcone Projects

'Making God': a Documentary on AI Risks for the Public

Filming a feature-length documentary on risks from AI for a non-technical audience on streaming services

human intelligence amplification @ Berkeley Genomics Project

accelerating strong human germline genomic engineering to make lots of geniuses

PIBBSS - General Programs funding or specific funding

Fund unique approaches to research, field diversification, and scouting of novel ideas by experienced researchers supported by PIBBSS research team

Out of This Box: AI Safety Musical

Out of This Box: The Last Musical (Written by Humans)

Orexin Pilot Experiment for Reducing Sleep Need

Testing intranasal orexin-A administration for sleep need reduction: a 2-3 participant self-blinded randomized controlled trial

AI Animals and Digital Minds 2025

Field building on AI's impact on nonhumans

Help Apart Expand Global AI Safety Research

Incubate AI safety research and develop the next generation of global AI safety talent via research sprints and research fellowships

Make ALERT happen

ALERT := Active Longtermist Emergency Response Team

Overcoming inertial barriers to collective action through anonymous coordination

Combining "kickstarter" style functionality with transitional anonymity to decrease risk and raise expected value of participating in collective action.

Personal development and better infrastructure for learning, "Anki V2"

SRS software projects and general career development

Finishing The SB-1047 Documentary

How California became ground zero in the global debate over who gets to shape humanity's most powerful technology

Recreate the cavity-preventing GMO bacteria BCS3-L1 from precursor

Because I think curing cavities for everyone would be "based", actually

AI, Animals, and Digital Minds 2024 Conference and Retreat

Request for Retroactive Funding

Design and testing of broad-spectrum antivirals

R&D and/or operational support for initial design, production, and testing of broad-spectrum antivirals that could prevent most respiratory viral infections

Investigating constructability as a safer approach to machine-learning

TechnoEthos: A Dual Focus on Research and Technical Upskilling for Tech Ethics

Help me, an economic historian from an underrepresented background, develop tech skills and reflect on adv. technologies to pivot to an AI governance career.

Apart Research: Research and Talent Acceleration

Support the growth of an international AI safety research and talent program

Simplex - building our research team

Fund a new research agenda, based on computational mechanics, bridging mechanism and behavior to develop a rigorous science of AI systems and capabilities.