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20 Post author: Alexei 14 February 2012 07:53AM

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Comment author: Alexei 18 February 2012 02:58:29AM 0 points [-]

My point was that if your goal is to give money to an organization (and it seemed that that's what a lot of people at rationality minicamp were planning to do for SIAI), thinking in thousands is, while a nice gesture, is not very helpful. We should be thinking in billions (not necessarily per year, I'm just talking order of magnitude here).

As for chores it's can start as basic as living accommodations, private jets, and get as complex as security guards and private staff. I won't argue for any specifics here, though. I'm just arguing that having lots of money is nice and helpful.

Comment author: hairyfigment 19 February 2012 12:15:24AM 1 point [-]

See, I'm not sure more is better after a certain point - shminux touched on this.

I also think if we hired the world's best mathematicians for a year - assuming FAI would take more than this - some of them would either get interested and work for less money, or find some proof SI's current approach won't work.

Comment author: Alexei 19 February 2012 07:20:21PM 0 points [-]

Sure, there are diminishing returns after some point.

And both of those results would be good.