Max Tegmark on the Future of Life Institute's $25M Grants Program for Existential Risk Reduction

Future of Life Institute President Max Tegmark and our grants team, Andrea Berman and Daniel Filan, join us to announce a $25M multi-year AI Existential Safety Grants Program.

Topics discussed in this episode include:

- The reason Future of Life Institute is offering AI Existential Safety Grants
- How receiving a grant changed Max's career early on
- Details on the fellowships and future grant priorities

Check out our grants programs here: https://grants.futureoflife.org/

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro
1:08 What inspired you to start this grants program?
4:16 Where would you rate AI technology in terms of its potential impact and power?
6:16 What kind of impact would you like the new FLI grants program to have on the development and outcomes of artificial intelligence?
8:25 How does your personal experience with grants inform this grants process at the Future of Life Institute.
13:41 Do you have any inspiring futures that speak to your heart that you'd be interested in sharing?
15:59 Do you have any final words for anyone who might be listening that's considering applying to this grants program but isn't quite sure
17:29 Could you tell us a little bit more about what the grants program is?
18:29 What are the details of the fellowships?
19:56 Is there a total amount that is on offer between these two programs?
21:20 What are FLI’s other grants-related priorities?

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