“New round of digital minds funding opportunities at Longview” by zdgroff, Longview Philanthropy

This is a linkpost for Request for Proposals: Research and Applied Work on Digital Minds. I'm glad to announce a request for proposals for research and applied work on digital minds at Longview Philanthropy. We’re seeking applications for project grants, research fellowships, and career development fellowships on the potential consciousness, sentience, moral status, and legal position of AI systems, and on how society might respond. The deadline is Friday July 24, 2026 (extended from July 10). Much of what we’re looking for is the same as what we were looking for last year, so I’ll direct people to last year's post and then share a few updates that have informed the drafting of the RFP: This year's RFP lays out somewhat more specific technical research directions we’d like to see: Issues around valence and preferences seem especially neglected relative to the question of “are they conscious?” Even in philosophy, there's been far less discussion of what it means to experience something as good or bad, and still less about what this could mean for an AI model. I’d like to see more work here from neuroscientists, ML researchers, and philosophers. There's been a lot of progress on [...] --- First published: July 6th, 2026 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ToC8jpgdwFJGtfw7C/new-round-of-digital-minds-funding-opportunities-at-longview --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.