Between people like Jaan Tallinn and OpenPhil there are billions of philantrophic money floating around. There are also a few EA individuals with who don’t have access to 9/10-figures who are still willing to fund important projects.
This both provides for the actual funding of the LessWrong team and provides individuals without any traditional credentials a chance to prove themselves to be capable of making important intellectual contributions to rationality or AI safety and plausible get grants.
Providing billionaires a way to buy increased rationality in the world and decreased AI risk seems to be the strongest monetary consideration. Both things are hard to buy with money.
That said, currently most people who contribute on LessWrong don’t do it with financial motivations.
Between people like Jaan Tallinn and OpenPhil there are billions of philantrophic money floating around. There are also a few EA individuals with who don’t have access to 9/10-figures who are still willing to fund important projects.
This both provides for the actual funding of the LessWrong team and provides individuals without any traditional credentials a chance to prove themselves to be capable of making important intellectual contributions to rationality or AI safety and plausible get grants.
Providing billionaires a way to buy increased rationality in the world and decreased AI risk seems to be the strongest monetary consideration. Both things are hard to buy with money.
That said, currently most people who contribute on LessWrong don’t do it with financial motivations.