C larityon A rtificial S uper I ntelligencex R isks

In 2023, leading experts warned that industry leaders could build AI powerful enough to pose an extinction risk within the next two to five years.

CASIR is a proposed fund to foster an ecosystem of organizations that work to clearly communicate these risks, whether they address policymakers, the public, academics or journalists.

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01 · Our Mission

CASIR's mission is to help organisations which make the extinction risk from ASI clear. Sadly, only few organizations exist today that inform policymakers and citizens alike about it, for two reasons:

Many funders wish to donate to organisations that will work on reducing ASI extinction risk, but instead end up funding organisations that do not dare to even mention it.

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Many organizations that want to work on reducing ASI extinction risk struggle to get funding for it.

To address this and build an ecosystem of organizations that prioritize clarity on extinction risk, CASIR aims to create a new funding vehicle. It will help funders donate to such organizations, giving them confidence their money will be clearly used to reduce extinction risk from ASI.

02 · Our Charter

CASIR exists to ensure that funders are donating to organizations that work to spread awareness on extinction risks among both elites and general audiences.

Our Charter addresses this through:

Clarity

CASIR only funds organizations and projects that clearly state the risk of extinction from ASI in their communication.

CASIR will not fund projects about other AI risks such as deepfakes, or about loss of control without ever mentioning extinction risks.

CASIR will not fund organizations that do not have at least one page on their website that clearly outlines the extinction risk from ASI.

Straightforwardness

CASIR only funds organizations and projects that are straightforward and unequivocally work to reduce extinction risks from ASI.

What CASIR particularly favors are awareness, advocacy and information campaigns on ASI extinction risk and a prohibition on the development of ASI.

CASIR will not fund multi-step "theories of change" predicated on dissimulating one's true beliefs on extinction risks.

Professionalism

The extinction risk posed by ASI is a serious topic which should be treated with a commensurate degree of dignity by its spokespeople.

Furthermore, it is all too easy for any party to chase after virality by being shocking or appealing to people's worst instincts. CASIR stands opposed to such behavior, which pollutes public spaces and penalizes organizations which strive to play fair.

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03 · Our Partners

Torchbearer Community Luke McNally , Member organization
ControlAI Andrea Miotti , Member organization
PauseAI US Holly Elmore , Member organization
Alliance for Secure AI Action Brendan Steinhauser , Partner organization
Evitable David Krueger , Member organization
PauseAI Maxime Fournes , Member organization
Existential Risk Observatory Otto Barten , Member organization
Arbitrary Labs Jeremie Harris , Partner organization
CAES James Norris , Partner organization
CeSIA Charbel-Raphaël Segerie , Partner organization
Machine Intelligence Research Institute Malo Bourgon , Member organization

Organizations associated with CASIR are divided in two categories:

Member Organizations

Primarily focused on the extinction risk from ASI. CASIR aims to support them through unrestricted funding.

Partner Organizations

Have extinction risk from ASI as one of their topics of interest. CASIR may fund them for specific projects that follow the Charter.

04 · Our Governance

CASIR will operate two organizations: a tax-deductible 501(c)(3) Donor Advised Fund, as well as a 501(c)(4) for lobbying purposes. Two committees will sit on these organizations: A Grant Committee to make funding decisions and to manage CASIR, and an Ecosystem Committee with veto power to address the Grant Committee's blind spots.

This way, we hope to build a balance between staying faithful to the precise vision of funding activities that are directly and clearly about reducing the extinction risk from AI, and avoiding self-reinforcing groupthink or extreme filter bubbles.

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Interested in becoming a CASIR Fund philanthropic funder or becoming a Partner organization?

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