Thanks for the reply. I agree with your specific point but I think it’s worth being more careful with your phrasing. How much we earn is an ethically-charged thing, and it’s not a good thing if EA’s relationship with AI companies gives us a permission structure to lose sight of this.
Edit: to be clear, I agree that “it’s probably not much more than he could earn elsewhere” but disagree that “Eliezer isn’t necessarily out of line in drawing $600k”
Hey Vasco, thanks. I have also thought about this but don’t have a clear answer. Each credible grant opportunity will get a shallow dive but it’s hard to reliably estimate a total time budget before we have a good sense how many people will apply. Happy to share post-hoc reflections afterwards.