Philanthropic advising

I am familiar with Tyler's work and encouraged him to apply. He did great work at Longview and is currently independent and advising some other philanthropists. I think this is very high impact work and want him to be supported to focus on it as long as seems impactful. Some of the details are a bit sensitive which is why the write-up is fairly sparse. I'm giving 20K now, I'll hopefully increase this if I get a budget top-up.

Approving this grant to support independent work by Tyler John. I've chatted with Neel about the context behind this, and agree that it's reasonable to keep some details private around what Tyler is hoping to do.

I also think from an outside view, Tyler's past work at Longview means that we should be happy to fund some experimentation for him. I think it's a shame that nonprofit work typically does not pay well enough for even successful employees to take risks in their career, and hope that regranting can be one solution to this.

Finally, on the object level, I'd be excited by the prospect of a large biosecurity prize; I think prizes are still undersupplied as a means of facilitating great work. (I also wish someone would credibly try to manifest a large yearly AI safety prize -- if that is you, reach out!)