LLM Psychology and Sociology Researcher, Alignment of Complex Systems Research Group
vgel.me · individual · Manifund
Technical AI safety research
| Joel Becker | $17,500 | 66% | 1 |
| Telt | $5,000 | 19% | 1 |
| Austin Chen | $2,500 | 9% | 1 |
| Tim Duffy | $1,000 | 4% | 1 |
| f9276bc4-de88-4900-9170-2cf2e8b70616 | $227 | 1% | 1 |
| Godog Ly Ness | $50 | 0% | 1 |
| Onuralp Soylemez | $50 | 0% | 1 |
| stacy | $50 | 0% | 1 |
| ampdot | $111 | 100% | 1 |
Joel Becker · Manifund · full post · Nov 5, 2025
Fund thebes' model tinkering, Nov 2025
Read more ▾Show less ▴I asked Theia to put this proposal up, on the recommendation of my excellent and very well-read colleague Charles Foster.
The thesis here is: get small grants to high-context model tinkerers who are AI risk skeptics -> they take time away from their jobs to do indie research and writing projects -> they blog about what they find -> those blog posts get read by folks within the AIS world and AIS-skeptic world -> everybody converges to truer beliefs.
I'm excited to support Theia as part of a bet on this thesis!
| Date ↓ | Funder | Via | Amount | Cause | Source | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2025 | Tim Duffy | Manifund | $1,000 | Interpretability | manifund | Fund thebes' model tinkering |
| Nov 10, 2025 | f9276bc4-de88-4900-9170-2cf2e8b70616 | Manifund | $227 | Interpretability | manifund | Fund thebes' model tinkering |
| Nov 8, 2025 | Godog Ly Ness | Manifund | $50 | Interpretability | manifund | Fund thebes' model tinkering |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Onuralp Soylemez | Manifund | $50 | Interpretability | manifund | Fund thebes' model tinkering |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Campbell Hutcheson | Manifund | $25 | Interpretability | manifund | Fund thebes' model tinkering |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Telt | Manifund | $5,000 | Interpretability | manifund | Fund thebes' model tinkering |
| Nov 7, 2025 | stacy | Manifund | $50 | Interpretability | manifund | Fund thebes' model tinkering |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Joel Becker | Manifund | $17,500 | Interpretability | manifund | Fund thebes' model tinkering |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Austin Chen | Manifund | $2,500 | Interpretability | manifund | Fund thebes' model tinkering |