Contract work sponsored by Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative and managed through Vipul Naik
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All payment amounts are listed in current United States dollars (USD).
Payer information for Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative
Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI) funded some contract work by Issa Rice for the Future of Humanity Institute in 2019. Vipul Naik was not involved, and only added the task here to make it easier for Issa Rice to track this along with the rest of his contract work.
Payer payments due by type and year
| Type of payment due |
Total across years |
Total in year 2024 |
Total in year 2023 |
Total in year 2022 |
Total in year 2021 |
Total in year 2020 |
Total in year 2019 |
Total in year 2018 |
Total in year 2017 |
Total in year 2016 |
Total in year 2015 |
| Tasks |
593.85 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
593.85 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Stipends (awarded same year) |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Total payment awarded |
593.85 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
593.85 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Total payment |
593.85 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
593.85 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
Payer payments made by method and year
| Payment method | Total in year 2024 | Total in year 2023 | Total in year 2022 | Total in year 2021 | Total in year 2020 | Total in year 2019 | Total in year 2018 | Total in year 2017 | Total in year 2016 | Total in year 2015 | Total across years |
|---|
| Direct deposit via Gusto | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 593.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 593.85 |
| Total across payment methods | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 593.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 593.85 |
Payer task payments due by type and year
| Task type | Total in year 2024 | Total in year 2023 | Total in year 2022 | Total in year 2021 | Total in year 2020 | Total in year 2019 | Total in year 2018 | Total in year 2017 | Total in year 2016 | Total in year 2015 | Total across years |
|---|
| Preliminary research | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 593.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 593.85 |
| Total | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 593.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 593.85 |
Payer task payments due by topic and year
Note that a single task may be assigned to multiple topics so a few tasks may be double-counted below. Also, the list below does not include all tasks.
| Topic | Total in year 2024 | Total in year 2023 | Total in year 2022 | Total in year 2021 | Total in year 2020 | Total in year 2019 | Total in year 2018 | Total in year 2017 | Total in year 2016 | Total in year 2015 | Total across years |
|---|
| Total | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 593.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 593.85 |
Payer task payments due by venue and year
| Task venue | Total in year 2024 | Total in year 2023 | Total in year 2022 | Total in year 2021 | Total in year 2020 | Total in year 2019 | Total in year 2018 | Total in year 2017 | Total in year 2016 | Total in year 2015 | Total across years |
|---|
| None | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 593.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 593.85 |
| Total | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 593.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 593.85 |
Payer task payments due by worker and type
| Worker | Preliminary research | Total across task types |
|---|
| Issa Rice | 593.85 | 593.85 |
| Total across workers | 593.85 | 593.85 |
Payer task payments due by type and month
| Month | Preliminary research | Total across task types |
|---|
| 2019-08 | 95.10 | 95.10 |
| 2019-07 | 498.75 | 498.75 |
| Total across months | 593.85 | 593.85 |
Graph of payer task payments due by type and month (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of payer task payments due by type and month (cumulative)
Payer payments due by type and month
| Month | Task payments | Stipend payments (awarded same month) | Total payment awarded | Stipend payments (deferred) | Total payment |
|---|
| 2019-08 | 95.10 | 0.00 | 95.10 | 0.00 | 95.10 |
| 2019-07 | 498.75 | 0.00 | 498.75 | 0.00 | 498.75 |
| Total across months | 593.85 | 0.00 | 593.85 | 0.00 | 593.85 |
Payer task payments due by topic and month
Note that a single task may be assigned to multiple topics so a few tasks may be double-counted below. Also, the list below does not include all tasks.
| Month | Total across topics |
|---|
| 2019-08 | 95.10 |
| 2019-07 | 498.75 |
| Total across months | 593.85 |
Graph of payer task payments due by topic and month (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of payer task payments due by topic and month (cumulative)
Payer task payments due by venue and month
| Month | None | Total across task venues |
|---|
| 2019-08 | 95.10 | 95.10 |
| 2019-07 | 498.75 | 498.75 |
| Total across months | 593.85 | 593.85 |
Graph of payer task payments due by venue and month (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of payer task payments due by venue and month (cumulative)
Graph of payer task payments due by format and month (incremental, not cumulative)
Graph of payer task payments due by format and month (cumulative)
Payer payments due and payments made by month
For completed months, the row for the month gives the data at the end of the month. For the current month, the row for the month gives the data from the beginning of the month till now. The bold amounts are the cumulative numbers so far, across all time.
| Month | Payment awarded in month | Cumulative payment awarded till month | Payment made in month | Cumulative payment made till month | Pending payment increase in month | Cumulative pending payment |
|---|
| 2019-09 | 0.00 | 593.85 | 95.10 | 593.85 | -95.10 | 0.00 |
| 2019-08 | 95.10 | 593.85 | 498.75 | 498.75 | -403.65 | 95.10 |
| 2019-07 | 498.75 | 498.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 498.75 | 498.75 |
Full list of tasks in reverse chronological order (2 tasks)
| Task venue | Task type | Task receptacle | Completion date | Worker | Payment | Topic | Format | Notes |
|---|
| None | Preliminary research | Recruiting assistance for Future of Humanity Institute (all tasks) | 2019-08-07 | Issa Rice | 95.10 | AI safety/Global catastophic risks | Notes | The part in August 2019 of work done helping Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) with recruitment. Payment is from the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI) via the BERI/FHI collaboration. Work done from 2019-08-01 to 2019-08-07 |
| None | Preliminary research | Recruiting assistance for Future of Humanity Institute (all tasks) | 2019-07-31 | Issa Rice | 498.75 | AI safety/Global catastophic risks | Notes | The part in July 2019 of work done helping Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) with recruitment. Payment is from the Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative (BERI) via the BERI/FHI collaboration. Work done from 2019-07-10 to 2019-07-31 |
Full list of sent payments in reverse chronological order (2 payments)
| Payment method | Sent date | Receipt date | Payment | Amount sent | Overhead | Amount received | Intermediary (empty if none) |
|---|
| Direct deposit via Gusto | 2019-09-11 | 2019-09-11 | 95.10 | 95.10 | 0.00 | 95.10 | |
| Direct deposit via Gusto | 2019-08-13 | 2019-08-13 | 498.75 | 498.75 | 0.00 | 498.75 | |