Funding with $2000 to get the project off the ground.
I have talked to Florian about this project during the last MATS cohort presentation day. I felt like his conceptual considerations were good, and the motivation makes sense.
I have no clear ability in favor or against his ability to execute projects quickly, which is why I'm keeping it at $2k.
I might consider more funding if there are good early results or other strong evidence of progress that I can easily verify. I'd recommend trying to sprint to a 4-6 week MVP and publishing or at least writing up and privately sharing the results.
Marius Hobbhahn
@mariushobbhahn
regrantor
I'm the CEO of Apollo Research. An evaluations research organization focused on frontier AI safety risks like scheming. Previously, I did a PhD in ML and worked as a Fellow for Epoch
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marius-hobbhahn-128927175/Donate
This is a donation to this user's regranting budget, which is not withdrawable.
$98,000total balance
$98,000charity balance
$0cash balance
$0 in pending offers
About Me
I aim to fund projects in two topics:
1. Evals in general, see e.g. here: https://x.com/MariusHobbhahn/status/1903467097260454330
2. Scheming related work. This can include evals, demos, model organisms, and more.
Broadly speaking, I intend to fund
1. Projects between 1 - 10k USD (higher in rare exceptions)
2. Small independent research projects, top-ups of existing projects, and small exploration grants.
3. Salary and compute if needed
Examples of projects I might fund:
- 3-month exploration grant for a Master's student to build evals using Inspect at 10h a week for $3k with the aim of open sourcing them.
- 2-month full-time independent research project for a model organism that extends any paper that Owain Evans published in the last 2 years.
- 5k compute top-up for an existing project. Quick turnaround needed because of NeurIPS deadline.
If you want to apply, you can either
- Fill out this form and wait for my response: https://forms.gle/DcTbjqdZNjQThyRPA
- Already make a Manifund page and ping me via the above form
I don't intend to spend a lot of time per grant (<5 mins; please make sure your application is very concise). It might also take ~1 week until I respond.
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Marius Hobbhahn
5 days ago
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| For | Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Split Personality Training | about 16 hours ago | project donation | 2000 |
| Manifund Bank | about 1 month ago | deposit | +100000 |