Is there any situation you predict in which Google donation matches would affect METR’s vision? What is the probability of that happening, and what is the value of donations to METR by Google employees?
If you’re asking for advice, it seems to me that refusing donations on principle is not a good idea, and that donation matching from Google for employee donations carry no legal bearing (but I have no idea) and are worth the money. Besides, I understand the importance of METR independence, but are Google and METR’s goals very orthogonal? Your final calculation would need to involve degree of orthogonality as well. I’m not a very valuable data point for this question, however.
Is there any situation you predict in which Google donation matches would affect METR’s vision? What is the probability of that happening, and what is the value of donations to METR by Google employees?
If you’re asking for advice, it seems to me that refusing donations on principle is not a good idea, and that donation matching from Google for employee donations carry no legal bearing (but I have no idea) and are worth the money. Besides, I understand the importance of METR independence, but are Google and METR’s goals very orthogonal? Your final calculation would need to involve degree of orthogonality as well. I’m not a very valuable data point for this question, however.