“we aim to promote good-thinking, altruistic causes and help ensure humanity's future goes well”In its own words: rationalanimations.com
Remote animation team and YouTube channel producing videos that promote good thinking and altruistic causes, with a particular focus on AI safety and AI alignment.
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Received $1.9M from 1 funder
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3 grants totalling $1.9M, newest first.
2024 1 grant · $1M
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2024 | Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities | ~$1M | Rational Animations — Video Animation Costs (2024) [AI-safety share est. 70% of $1,495,355 (range 50–90%): the grant pays for 'YouTube videos about AI...' and the channel says it is 'particularly focused on AI Safety and AI Alignment' among other rationality and altruism topics.] source |
2023 1 grant · $700k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities | ~$700k | Rational Animations — Video Animation Costs (2023) [AI-safety share est. 70% of $1,000,000 (range 50–90%): the grant pays for 'YouTube videos about AI and AI risk, as well as other topics relating to rationality', and the channel says it is 'particularly focused on AI Safety and source |
2021 1 grant · $200k
| Date | Funder | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2021 | Global Catastrophic Risks Opportunities | ~$200k | Rational Animations — Video Animation Costs (2021) [AI-safety share est. 70% of $285,000 (range 50–90%): the grants pay for videos 'about AI and AI risk, as well as other topics relating to rationality', and the channel says it is 'particularly focused on AI Safety and AI Alignme source |