Strong upvote. The argument from training diversity seems plausible, but the key point is that when trying to point large amounts of effort at writing content having it be delivered in smaller chunks than a novel would allow many more people to risk putting in time and learn whether they can contribute, and ultimately raise quality and volume substantially. It will also make it much easier to build a collaborative project around this, as people could submit their work for community review without a review taking an extremely long time and large amount of effort.
I’d also propose that the bounty be updated to allow smaller submissions relatively soon for higher visibility. MIRI could easily allow backward compatibility fairly easily by just accepting smaller submissions, without needing to reject longer ones.
If the concern is the hassle of handing out lots of smaller bounties, MIRI could accept batches of small runs and let some trusted middle-man handle the details of the distribution.
Strong upvote. The argument from training diversity seems plausible, but the key point is that when trying to point large amounts of effort at writing content having it be delivered in smaller chunks than a novel would allow many more people to risk putting in time and learn whether they can contribute, and ultimately raise quality and volume substantially. It will also make it much easier to build a collaborative project around this, as people could submit their work for community review without a review taking an extremely long time and large amount of effort.
I’d also propose that the bounty be updated to allow smaller submissions relatively soon for higher visibility. MIRI could easily allow backward compatibility fairly easily by just accepting smaller submissions, without needing to reject longer ones.
If the concern is the hassle of handing out lots of smaller bounties, MIRI could accept batches of small runs and let some trusted middle-man handle the details of the distribution.