I am delighted to announce that GCRI has received a new $200,000 donation to fund work on AI in 2022 from Gordon Irlam. Irlam had previously made donations funding AI project work conducted in 2021, 2020, and 2019.

All of us at GCRI are grateful for this donation. We are excited to continue our work addressing AI risk.

Our projects for 2022 cover the following topics:

Continuation of prior projects: We will continue work on select projects from previous years.

Further support for the AI and global catastrophic risk talent pools: This project extends our successful advising and collaboration programs of 2021,  2020, and 2019.

Research on the ethics of AGI: This project will evaluate ideas for the goals an advanced AGI system should pursue and the processes for determining these goals.

Research on military AGI: This project will study the likely roles of militaries in the development of AGI and opportunities for outreach to improve these roles.

Implementation of ideas for improving AI governance: This project will work to advance the implementation of programs for AI governance based on insights from select prior projects to translate research ideas into real-world action.

Research on AGI scenarios: This project will explore different AGI development scenarios and their governance implications, building on insights from our 2021 AGI policy awareness research.

Policy outreach: This project will conduct outreach to various policy institutions and promote ideas developed in GCRI’s AI research projects to improve AGI outcomes.