I think they mean “what is the quantity of funding at MIRI which would cause a shift in the best marginal use of money, and what organization would it switch to.”
mhpage, if this is not what you mean, let me know.
I’m not sure what the answer to this is going forward, but relevant things Nate said in response to other questions on this page:
[L]ast year, we directed a number of donors to FHI, who had much more of a funding gap than MIRI did at that time.
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[I]f we successfully execute on [growing the research team], then we’re going to be burning through money quite a bit faster than before. An FLI grant (if we get one) will certainly help, but I expect it’s going to be a little while before MIRI can support itself on large donations & grants alone.
I was assuming that MIRI’s position is that it presently is the most-effective recipient of funds, but that assumption might not be correct (which would itself be quite interesting).
I think they mean “what is the quantity of funding at MIRI which would cause a shift in the best marginal use of money, and what organization would it switch to.”
mhpage, if this is not what you mean, let me know.
I’m not sure what the answer to this is going forward, but relevant things Nate said in response to other questions on this page:
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Indeed, that is what I meant.
I was assuming that MIRI’s position is that it presently is the most-effective recipient of funds, but that assumption might not be correct (which would itself be quite interesting).