I also think another similar bonus is that prizes can sometimes get people to do EA things who otherwise wouldn’t have done EA things counterfactually.
E.g., some prize on alignment work could plausibly be done by computer scientists who otherwise would be doing other things.
This could signal boost EA/the cause area more generally, which is good.
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I also think another similar bonus is that prizes can sometimes get people to do EA things who otherwise wouldn’t have done EA things counterfactually.
E.g., some prize on alignment work could plausibly be done by computer scientists who otherwise would be doing other things.
This could signal boost EA/the cause area more generally, which is good.