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Grantmakers Aren't Afraid to Die

The article discusses how AI risk grantmakers' actions suggest they do not believe in imminent existential risk from AI, using the concept of revealed preferences to argue that their behavior indicates confidence in their current strategies rather than urgency. It compares this to the explore-exploit tradeoff in decision theory, where balancing new information gathering with using existing knowledge is crucial.

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PublishedSeptember 17, 2026dan.parshall
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The article uses economic theory to analyze grantmakers' actions and suggests their behavior may indicate a lack of belief in imminent AI existential risk, which could have significant implications for AI risk mitigation efforts.

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