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"Let’s fund weird AI safety projects" by Ihor Kendiukhov
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- Sep 5, 2026
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Summary
I think current AI safety funding strategies are often inconsistent with timelines and probabilities of doom that many people have. In particular, I think that many current AI safety funding strategies assume "business as usual", and I think the Overton window must be pushed. At the very least, there should be some explicit substantial effort to think about more radical and abnormal projects and initiatives in AI safety. Even if one doesn't have very short timelines or high p(doom), one prob...