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Chris Lakin

organization

AI safety fieldbuildingTechnical AI safety researchAI safety meta

Received
$149,500
from 3 funders
Grants
4
Funders
3
Years active
2023–24

Grants over time

$0$50K$100K$150K20232024

Biggest funders

Foresight Institute$100,00067%1
ACX Grants$40,00027%1
Long-Term Future Fund$9,5006%2

Biggest recipients

Lightcone Infrastructure$500100%1

Grants received

DateFunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Mar 3, 2024ACX GrantsManifund$40,000AI safety fieldbuildingmanifundSeed fund for boundaries-based empirical AI safety projects after workshop.
Feb 2024Foresight Institute~$100,000*Security, EventsforesightConceptual Boundaries Workshop — workshop on applying 'boundaries' to AI safety. Focus area: Security/Cryptography. First listed on foresight.org/ai-safety by Feb 2024. — AI Safety Grants (Underexplored Approaches: Automation / Neurotech / Security / Multi-Agent)
Oct 2023Long-Term Future FundEA Funds$5,000Eventsea_fundsA small, short workshop focused on coordinating/planning/applying «boundaries» idea to safety
Oct 2023Long-Term Future FundEA Funds$4,500Epistemic infrastructureea_fundsFunding for having written AI safety distillation posts on the topic of membranes/boundaries

* Foresight Institute planned to give $2.5-3.2m over 26 grants in 2023 and 2024; estimating each at roughly the average grant size.

Grants made 1 · $500 · $500 average

DateRecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
May 10, 2024Lightcone InfrastructureManifund$500Epistemic infrastructuremanifundLightcone Infrastructure