I don’t think the money incentive is strong enough. Nobody will do good AI safety work just for a chance at 5K dollars. The prestige incentive is stronger, but if we get fewer entries over time, the prestige incentive falls and we get even fewer entries next time etc.
Canceling was my suggestion to which others agreed. Can’t speak for others, but my main reason was that it’s not fun to work on a project without growth, even if it’s for an important cause. The choice was between canceling it and tweaking it to achieve growth, and I didn’t have good ideas for tweaks.
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I don’t think the money incentive is strong enough. Nobody will do good AI safety work just for a chance at 5K dollars. The prestige incentive is stronger, but if we get fewer entries over time, the prestige incentive falls and we get even fewer entries next time etc.
Canceling was my suggestion to which others agreed. Can’t speak for others, but my main reason was that it’s not fun to work on a project without growth, even if it’s for an important cause. The choice was between canceling it and tweaking it to achieve growth, and I didn’t have good ideas for tweaks.