Lightcone Infrastructure

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

Finishing The SB-1047 Documentary

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

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

AI, Animals, and Digital Minds 2024 Conference and Retreat

Request for Retroactive Funding

AI Animals and Digital Minds 2025

Field building on AI's impact on nonhumans

Make ALERT happen

ALERT := Active Longtermist Emergency Response Team

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

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

AI-Driven Market Alternatives for a post-AGI world

Develop an LLM-based coordinator and test against consumer spending with 200 people.

Elizabeth and Timothy Podcast on values in Effective Altruism (Funded)

Elizabeth and Timothy create a podcast about truthseeking, values drift, and a potential EA Renaissance (or diaspora).

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

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

Covid Work By Elizabeth VN/Aceso Under Glass

retroactive support for covid work

Cadenza Labs: AI Safety research group working on own interpretability agenda

We're a team of SERI-MATS alumni working on interpretability, seeking funding to continue our research after our LTFF grant ended.

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

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.

Diversify Funding for AI Safety

Seeding a business which finds grants and High Net Worth Individuals beyond EA

Exploring novel approaches to addressing Global Catastrophic Risk through policy

Operational Support for a Pilot Study on Complexity Modelling, Expert Judgement, and Deliberative Democracy for Risk Prioritization and Mitigation