Every time I’ve asked about trying anything like this, all the advisors claim that you cannot pay people at the Terry Tao level to work on problems that don’t interest them.
As I am sure you would agree, Neumann/Tao-level people are a very different breed from even very, very, very good professors. It is plausible they are significantly more sane than the average genius.
Given the enormous glut of money in EA trying to help here and the terrifying thing where a lot of the people who matter have really short timelines, I think it is worth testing this empirically with Tao himself and Tao-level people.
It is worth noting that Neumann occasionally did contract work for extraordinary sums.
Neumann/Tao-level people are a very different breed from even very, very, very good professors. It is plausible they are significantly more sane than the average genius.
As I am sure you would agree, Neumann/Tao-level people are a very different breed from even very, very, very good professors. It is plausible they are significantly more sane than the average genius.
Given the enormous glut of money in EA trying to help here and the terrifying thing where a lot of the people who matter have really short timelines, I think it is worth testing this empirically with Tao himself and Tao-level people.
It is worth noting that Neumann occasionally did contract work for extraordinary sums.
Von Neumann wanted to nuke easten Europe.