AI safety prizes

Rather than paying up front for AI safety research (push funding), perhaps we should pay after the fact for the work that made the most progress (pull funding). This way, you only pay for work that was actually valuable.[1] When we know what the target is, but not how to get there or who is best placed to solve the problem, a prize is a useful incentive structure.Benefits of prizesPrizes work well to incentivise innovation when:The eventual winner is unpredictable (otherwise just fund the obviou...