Ought is a research lab that develops mechanisms for delegating open-ended thinking to advanced machine learning systems.

Funding

As of July 2022, Ought has received $5 million in funding from the Future Fund,^[1] over $3.1 million from Open Philanthropy,^[2] nearly $800,000 in funding from the Survival and Flourishing Fund,^[3]^[4] and $60,000 from Effective Altruism Funds.^[5]^[6]

Further reading

Stuhlmüller, Andreas & Jungwon Byun (2022) Ought’s theory of change, Effective Altruism Forum, April 11.

Ought. Official website.

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Future Fund (2022) Our grants and investments: Ought, Future Fund.
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Open Philanthropy (2022) Grants database: Ought, Open Philanthropy.
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Survival and Flourishing Fund (2018) SFF-2019-Q4 S-process recommendations announcement, Survival and Flourishing Fund.
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Survival and Flourishing Fund (2020) SFF-2021-H2 S-process recommendations announcement, Survival and Flourishing Fund.
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Long-Term Future Fund (2018) November 2018: Long-Term Future Fund grants, Effective Altruism Funds, November.
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Long-Term Future Fund (2019) August 2019: Long-Term Future Fund grants and recommendations, Effective Altruism Funds, August.