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Pete Wolfendale

individual · Manifund

AI safety

Received
$20,870
from 10 funders
Grants
10
Funders
10
Years active
2026

Grants over time

$0$10K$20K$30K2026
Gavin LeechToby ShorinOliver KlingefjordAnurag KashyapCallan McGillAll others

Biggest funders

Gavin Leech$19,60094%1
Toby Shorin$5002%1
Oliver Klingefjord$2001%1
Anurag Kashyap$1000%1
Callan McGill$1000%1
Peli Grietzer$1000%1
Olli Kontkanen$1000%1
Rahul Samaranayake$1000%1

Reviews

Gavin Leech · Manifund · full post · Jul 29, 2026

Artificial Selves, Jul 2026

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Sahil, TJ), and Pete have a strong reputation for deep thinking about AI, though on the abstract-to-max-abstract end of the greater AI safety and AI flourishing field. I've been chatting to Pete and others in the cluster for a while and think that the philosophical gap discussed here is actually urgent. I'm hoping (15%?) that along with related work by Grietzer this new subfield soon yields a training method with better alignment properties.

My sole reservation is that the work badly needs a project manager, which is why I've funded a good amount more than the minimum.

Good luck!

CoI: I own Arb, who are providing a little project management / cheerleading pro bono. We won't see any of the money.

Grants received

Date ↓FunderViaAmountCauseSourcePurpose
Sep 9, 2026Anurag KashyapManifund$100AI safetymanifundArtificial Selves
Sep 8, 2026Callan McGillManifund$100AI safetymanifundArtificial Selves
Sep 8, 2026petereadeManifund$20AI safetymanifundArtificial Selves
Sep 8, 2026Matt HareManifund$50AI safetymanifundArtificial Selves
Sep 8, 2026Toby ShorinManifund$500AI safetymanifundArtificial Selves
Sep 8, 2026Oliver KlingefjordManifund$200AI safetymanifundArtificial Selves
Sep 8, 2026Gavin LeechManifund$19,600AI safetymanifundArtificial Selves
Sep 8, 2026Peli GrietzerManifund$100AI safetymanifundArtificial Selves
Sep 8, 2026Olli KontkanenManifund$100AI safetymanifundArtificial Selves
Sep 8, 2026Rahul SamaranayakeManifund$100AI safetymanifundArtificial Selves