Presenter
Kat Woods, The Nonlinear Fund
Kat Woods co-founded Charity Entrepreneurship (CE), an OpenPhil-funded neartermist charity incubator. It has launched 18 charities so far, including Fortify Health, Fish Welfare Initiative, Family Empowerment Media, and Training for Good. Kat also co-founded Charity Science Health, which helped vaccinate 200,000+ children in India and received multiple GiveWell grants. According to GiveWell’s estimates at the time, Charity Science Health was similarly cost-effective to AMF.
Summary:
This talk provides an overview of the Nonlinear Network, an initiative by Foresight Institute to improve coordination and funding for AI safety projects. Speaker Kat Woods describes the background and motivation for the Network, which aims to connect funders and potential projects in a more efficient way. The talk covers the successful first funding round, plans for future rounds involving matching and quadratic funding, and takeaways about crafting effective applications. Key focus areas discussed include the importance of decentralization, buying time for alignment research, and encouraging new organizations and talent to enter the AI safety field. The talk emphasizes the need for better coordination among idea generators, executors, and funders in order to scale up impact.
