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Prizes and contests

TagLast edit: 31 May 2023 19:23 UTC by Lizka

A prize is something of value given to reward success in a contest or to recognize outstanding achievement. Prizes have been proposed as an alternative to existing methods for incentivizing innovation, such as patents and grants.[1] Prizes are also sometimes competitions.

Further reading

Brunt, Liam, Josh Lerner & Tom Nicholas (2012) Inducement prizes and innovation, Journal of Industrial Economics, vol. 60, pp. 657–696.

Graff Zivin, Joshua & Elizabeth Lyons (2020) The effects of prize structures on innovative performance, working paper 26737, National Bureau of Economic Research.

Stiglitz, Joseph (2006) Innovation: A better way than patents, New Scientist, September 17.

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    Clancy, Matthew S. & Gian Carlo Moschini (2013) Incentives for innovation: Patents, prizes, and research contracts, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, vol. 35, pp. 206–241.

$250K in Prizes: SafeBench Com­pe­ti­tion An­nounce­ment

Center for AI Safety27 Mar 2024 17:00 UTC
22 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

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Ben Yeoh12 Feb 2024 12:08 UTC
10 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

£1 mil­lion prize for the most cut­ting-edge AI solu­tion for pub­lic good [link post]

rileyharris17 Jan 2024 14:36 UTC
8 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(manchesterprize.org)

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christian1 Jan 2024 16:38 UTC
16 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.metaculus.com)

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8 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

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38 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

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christian9 Oct 2023 21:36 UTC
8 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.metaculus.com)

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19 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

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38 points
13 comments1 min readEA link

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33 points
6 comments1 min readEA link

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23 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

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18 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

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15 points
3 comments10 min readEA link

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Joel Tan16 Jul 2023 7:22 UTC
17 points
2 comments1 min readEA link
(exploratory-altruism.org)

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76 points
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46 points
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61 points
3 comments2 min readEA link

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0 comments1 min readEA link

[Linkpost] OpenAI is award­ing ten 100k grants for build­ing pro­to­types of a demo­cratic pro­cess for steer­ing AI

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36 points
2 comments1 min readEA link
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23 points
1 comment2 min readEA link
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43 points
13 comments6 min readEA link

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163 points
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20 points
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23 comments2 min readEA link

Ac­cu­racy Agree­ments: A Flex­ible Alter­na­tive to Pre­dic­tion Markets

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37 points
5 comments4 min readEA link
(quri.substack.com)

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11 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.metaculus.com)

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christian16 Mar 2023 18:48 UTC
10 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.metaculus.com)

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137 points
33 comments3 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

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19 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

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joe9 Feb 2023 11:55 UTC
25 points
0 comments18 min readEA link

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Nathaniel Ryan28 Jan 2023 6:10 UTC
−1 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

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21 points
2 comments1 min readEA link
(www.metaculus.com)

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90 points
8 comments45 min readEA link

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1 comment13 min readEA link

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198 points
4 comments4 min readEA link
(www.openphilanthropy.org)

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22 points
8 comments2 min readEA link

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60 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

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Jason Schukraft21 Nov 2022 21:45 UTC
291 points
26 comments1 min readEA link

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48 points
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56 points
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46 points
15 comments1 min readEA link

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65 points
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225 points
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Ben Yeoh24 Sep 2022 11:50 UTC
14 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

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255 points
125 comments13 min readEA link
(ftxfuturefund.org)

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126 points
14 comments4 min readEA link

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37 points
47 comments4 min readEA link

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46 points
2 comments1 min readEA link
(manifold.markets)

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38 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

Ra­tional An­i­ma­tions’ Script Writ­ing Contest

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61 points
24 comments3 min readEA link

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142 points
6 comments1 min readEA link
(blog.givewell.org)

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Peter Wildeford30 Aug 2022 18:57 UTC
89 points
20 comments2 min readEA link

$1,000 Squig­gle Ex­per­i­men­ta­tion Challenge

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61 points
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47 points
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86 points
7 comments6 min readEA link

Me­tac­u­lus Biose­cu­rity Tour­na­ment Round 1 Launch

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6 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.metaculus.com)

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12 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

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44 points
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276 points
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190 points
22 comments1 min readEA link

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39 points
11 comments1 min readEA link

[$20K In Prizes] AI Safety Ar­gu­ments Competition

ThomasW26 Apr 2022 16:21 UTC
71 points
121 comments3 min readEA link

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a_e_r23 Apr 2022 20:24 UTC
102 points
28 comments3 min readEA link

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Akash22 Apr 2022 0:36 UTC
21 points
0 comments3 min readEA link

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15 points
9 comments1 min readEA link

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mic12 Apr 2022 4:39 UTC
18 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

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hannah31 Mar 2022 6:25 UTC
46 points
3 comments8 min readEA link

Im­pact­ful Fore­cast­ing Prize Re­sults and Reflections

elifland29 Mar 2022 16:16 UTC
40 points
10 comments3 min readEA link

Pre-an­nounc­ing a con­test for cri­tiques and red teaming

Lizka25 Mar 2022 11:52 UTC
173 points
27 comments2 min readEA link

Con­curso de en­sayos so­bre Ries­gos Catas­trófi­cos Globales en Es­pañol

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52 points
4 comments1 min readEA link
(riesgoscatastroficosglobales.com)

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Akash12 Mar 2022 1:53 UTC
39 points
24 comments5 min readEA link

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127 points
57 comments2 min readEA link

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Nick_Beckstead28 Feb 2022 17:27 UTC
236 points
726 comments1 min readEA link
(ftxfuturefund.org)

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51 points
5 comments1 min readEA link

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55 points
3 comments2 min readEA link

PIBBSS Fel­low­ship: Bounty for Refer­rals & Dead­line Extension

Anna_Gajdova17 Jan 2022 16:23 UTC
17 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

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87 points
55 comments6 min readEA link

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Aaron Gertler26 Dec 2021 10:43 UTC
124 points
12 comments2 min readEA link

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Aaron Gertler12 Sep 2021 21:15 UTC
149 points
65 comments6 min readEA link

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21 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

A pro­posal for a small in­duce­ment prize platform

Matthew_Barnett5 Jun 2021 19:06 UTC
66 points
10 comments3 min readEA link

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52 points
7 comments6 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing the UK Covid-19 Crowd Fore­cast­ing Challenge

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7 points
0 comments2 min readEA link

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Aaron Gertler7 Apr 2021 10:28 UTC
97 points
29 comments5 min readEA link

Fore­cast­ing Prize Results

NunoSempere19 Feb 2021 19:07 UTC
44 points
4 comments6 min readEA link

[Question] Fund­ing es­say-prizes as part of pledged dona­tions?

MaxRa3 Feb 2021 18:43 UTC
13 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

[Question] Prize: In­ter­est­ing Ex­am­ples of Evaluations

Elizabeth28 Nov 2020 21:11 UTC
26 points
7 comments2 min readEA link

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Ozzie Gooen15 Nov 2020 21:21 UTC
64 points
7 comments2 min readEA link

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Milan_Griffes14 Jul 2019 17:04 UTC
47 points
20 comments3 min readEA link

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28 points
4 comments5 min readEA link

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Milan_Griffes10 May 2019 18:13 UTC
51 points
123 comments13 min readEA link

a black swan en­ergy prize

Joris28 Mar 2019 23:34 UTC
0 points
9 comments4 min readEA link

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Grue_Slinky27 Mar 2019 17:03 UTC
49 points
35 comments10 min readEA link

Bounty: Guide To Switch­ing From Farmed Fish To Wild-Caught Fish

ozymandias22 Feb 2019 16:10 UTC
37 points
8 comments1 min readEA link
(thingofthings.wordpress.com)

Im­pact Prizes as an al­ter­na­tive to Cer­tifi­cates of Impact

Ozzie Gooen20 Feb 2019 21:25 UTC
39 points
17 comments8 min readEA link

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11 points
22 comments2 min readEA link

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kierangreig23 Sep 2015 23:25 UTC
19 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

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6 points
2 comments1 min readEA link

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5 points
1 comment3 min readEA link
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