If I understand correctly, one of the goals of this initiative is to increase the prestige that is associated with making useful contributions in AI safety. For that purpose, it doesn’t matter whether the prize incentivized the winning authors or not. But it is important that enough people will trust that the main criterion for selecting the winning works is usefulness.
If I understand correctly, one of the goals of this initiative is to increase the prestige that is associated with making useful contributions in AI safety. For that purpose, it doesn’t matter whether the prize incentivized the winning authors or not. But it is important that enough people will trust that the main criterion for selecting the winning works is usefulness.