Reanimating a cryonics patient (although, creating a prize that long in advance will probably not create a market pressure in the short term)
First human to achieve some level of intelligence (as measured by some IQ test) (prize split between the person and the genetic engineering lab) (this is more about the social incentive than economical one, as I suppose there’s already an economical one)
Why is “iterated embryo selection” desirable on EA grounds?
I can see the argument that this let’s us improve human intelligence, which eg leads to more technological progress. But it seems unclear whether this is good from an x-risk perspective. And I can see many ways that better control over human genetics can lead to super bad outcomes, eg stable dictatorships.
Also safer technological progress, which is where a significant chunk of the x-risks are coming from. I don’t think this would influence the probability of stable dictatorships.
I intend to update this answer as I think of more.
Creating a gamete from a stem cell (to enable [iterated embryo selection](https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/iterated-embryo-selection))
Reanimating a cryonics patient (although, creating a prize that long in advance will probably not create a market pressure in the short term)
First human to achieve some level of intelligence (as measured by some IQ test) (prize split between the person and the genetic engineering lab) (this is more about the social incentive than economical one, as I suppose there’s already an economical one)
Why is “iterated embryo selection” desirable on EA grounds?
I can see the argument that this let’s us improve human intelligence, which eg leads to more technological progress. But it seems unclear whether this is good from an x-risk perspective. And I can see many ways that better control over human genetics can lead to super bad outcomes, eg stable dictatorships.
Also safer technological progress, which is where a significant chunk of the x-risks are coming from. I don’t think this would influence the probability of stable dictatorships.