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We do not have any donee information for the donee Alexander Siegenfeld in our system.
| Cause area | Count | Median | Mean | Minimum | 10th percentile | 20th percentile | 30th percentile | 40th percentile | 50th percentile | 60th percentile | 70th percentile | 80th percentile | 90th percentile | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| AI safety | 1 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Donor | Total | 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Effective Altruism Funds: Long-Term Future Fund (filter this donee) | 20,000.00 | 20,000.00 |
| Total | 20,000.00 | 20,000.00 |
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Graph of top 10 donors (for donations with known year of donation) by amount, showing the timeframe of donations
| Donor | Amount (current USD) | Amount rank (out of 1) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effective Altruism Funds: Long-Term Future Fund | 20,000.00 | 1 | AI safety/deconfusion research | https://funds.effectivealtruism.org/funds/payouts/august-2019-long-term-future-fund-grants-and-recommendations | Alex Zhu Helen Toner Matt Wage Oliver Habryka | Donation process: Grantee applied through the online application process, and was selected based on review by the fund managers. Alex Zhu was the fund manager most excited about the grant, and responsible for the public write-up Intended use of funds (category): Living expenses during project Intended use of funds: Grant for "Characterizing the properties and constraints of complex systems and their external interactions." Specifically, the grantee's "His goal is to get a better conceptual understanding of multi-level world models by coming up with better formalisms for analyzing complex systems at differing levels of scale, building off of the work of Yaneer Bar-Yam." Also: "Alexander plans to publish a paper on his research; it will be evaluated by researchers at MIRI, helping him decide how best to pursue further work in this area." Donor reason for selecting the donee: Alex Zhu says in the grant write-up: "I decided to recommend funding to Alexander because I think his research directions are promising, and because I was personally impressed by his technical abilities and his clarity of thought. Tsvi Benson-Tilsen, a MIRI researcher, was also impressed enough by Alexander to recommend that the Fund support him." A conflict of interest is also declared: "Alexander and I have been friends since our undergraduate years at MIT." Donor reason for donating at this time (rather than earlier or later): Timing determined by timing of grant round Other notes: Percentage of total donor spend in the corresponding batch of donations: 4.55%. |