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Igor Ivanov

individual · Manifund

Technical AI safety research

Received
$3,110
from 2 funders
Grants
2
Funders
2
Years active
2025

Grants over time

$0$1K$2K$3K$4K2025
Marius HobbhahnRomain Deléglise

Biggest funders

Marius Hobbhahn$3,00096%1
Romain Deléglise$1104%1

Biggest recipients

PauseAI$300100%1

Reviews

Marius Hobbhahn · Manifund · full post · Jun 18, 2025

Demonstration of LLMs deceiving and getting out of a sandbox, Jun 2025

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I think realistic demos of autonomous worrying behavior are quite important and there aren't many good examples yet.

I'm not sure whether this particular project will meet my bar for realism, but I think it's worth giving it a try. I have not vetted the project in detail. Impossible tasks as a source of deception have been explored multiple times in the literature. I think the main addition from a project like this would come from making highly realistic agentic scenarios.

Grants received

Date ↓FunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Jul 11, 2025Romain DelégliseManifund$110ControlmanifundDemonstration of LLMs deceiving and getting out of a sandbox
Jun 18, 2025Marius HobbhahnManifund$3,000ControlmanifundDemonstration of LLMs deceiving and getting out of a sandbox

Grants made 1 · $300 · $300 average

Date ↓RecipientViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Sep 14, 2024PauseAIManifund$300Local groups, Career transitionsmanifundPauseAI local communities - volunteer stipends