The Anthropic announcement mentions that he “recently made a $50 million gift to Bowdoin College to establish a research initiative on AI and Humanity,” but that isn’t focused on AI safety (let alone AI existential risk). Instead, the college vaguely says “We are thrilled and so grateful to receive this remarkable support from Reed, who shares our conviction that the AI revolution makes the liberal arts and a Bowdoin education more essential to society.”
The Wikipedia section about his donations resembles the donations of someone who doesn’t believe AI existential risk.[1]
We can only hope he is a rational person and learns about it quickly.
The Anthropic announcement mentions that he “recently made a $50 million gift to Bowdoin College to establish a research initiative on AI and Humanity,” but that isn’t focused on AI safety (let alone AI existential risk). Instead, the college vaguely says “We are thrilled and so grateful to receive this remarkable support from Reed, who shares our conviction that the AI revolution makes the liberal arts and a Bowdoin education more essential to society.”