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Technical AI safety researchOther
| UK AI Security Institute | $589,500 | 91% | 1 |
| Jaan Tallinn | $30,000 | 5% | 1 |
| Long-Term Future Fund | $30,000 | 5% | 1 |
Alex Zhu · Long-Term Future Fund · full post · Oct 3, 2019
$30,000
Read more ▾Show less ▴Independent AI Safety thinking, doing research in aspects of self-reference in using techniques from type theory, topos theory and category theory more generally.
In our previous round of grants, we funded MIRI as an organization: see our April reportfor a detailed explanation of why we chose to support their work. I think Alexander’s research directions could lead to significant progress on MIRI’s research agenda — in fact, MIRI was sufficiently impressed by his work that they offered him an internship. I have also spoken to him in some depth, and was impressed both by his research taste and clarity of thought.
After the internship ends, I think it will be valuable for Alexander to have additional funding to dig deeper into these topics; I expect this grant to support roughly 1.5 years of research. During this time, he will have regular contact with researchers at MIRI, reporting on his research progress and receiving feedback.
| Date ↓ | Funder | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2026 | UK AI Security Institute | ~$589,500* | Technical AI safety research | uk_aisi | Loss Landscape and Training Dynamics for (ReLU) Neural Networks — led by Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel. — Alignment Project | |
| Jan 4, 2021 | Jaan Tallinn | Survival and Flourishing Projects | $30,000 | Other | jaan_online | Formalizing notions of debate/dialogue integrate probabilistic and logical reasoning using linear logic |
| Aug 30, 2019 | Long-Term Future Fund | $30,000 | Technical AI safety research | vipul_donations | Grant to support the work of Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel who is interning at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) at the time of the grant. The grant money provides additional resources for the grantee to continue digging deeper into the topics after his internship at MIRI ends (while staying in regular contact with MIRI researchers); the write-up estimates that it will last him 1.5 years. |
* UK AISI reported a total of 27m GBP over 60 projects, so estimating each of them at the average grant size.