There is a related concern where most of the big funders either have investments in AI companies, or have close ties to people with investments in AI companies. This biases them toward funding activities that won’t slow down AI development. So the more effective an org is at putting the brakes on AGI, the harder a time it will have getting funded.*
Props to Jaan Tallinn, who is an early investor in Anthropic yet has funded orgs that want to slow down AI (including CAIP).
*I’m not confident that this is a factor in why CAIP has struggled to get funding, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was.
There is a related concern where most of the big funders either have investments in AI companies, or have close ties to people with investments in AI companies. This biases them toward funding activities that won’t slow down AI development. So the more effective an org is at putting the brakes on AGI, the harder a time it will have getting funded.*
Props to Jaan Tallinn, who is an early investor in Anthropic yet has funded orgs that want to slow down AI (including CAIP).
*I’m not confident that this is a factor in why CAIP has struggled to get funding, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was.