Open Philanthropy recommended a total of approximately $2,300,000 over five years in PhD fellowship support to 10 promising machine learning researchers that together represent the 2020 class of the Open Phil AI Fellowship.{footnote_1} These fellows were selected from more than 380 applicants for their academic excellence, technical knowledge, careful reasoning, and interest in making the long-term, large-scale impacts of AI a central focus of their research. This falls within Open Philanthropy’s focus area of potential risks from advanced artificial intelligence.
Open Phil AI Fellowship — 2020 Class
- Organization:
- Open Phil AI Fellowship
- Award Date:
- 05/2020
- Amount:
- $2,300,000
- Purpose:
- To provide scholarship support to 10 machine learning researchers over five years.