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He may still win literature this year.
by patall 2y ago
He may still win literature this year.
- fuzzfactor 2y agoI can only predict a more prestigious prize on the horizon in the future. Isn't sama on track to end up with more financial resources than Nobel had at his disposal? Plus I think he's got enough of a philanthropic streak which can prove to be not so shabby. There could very well be a foundation someday awarding the Altman Prize well into the 22nd century. Whether or not his most dynamic legacy would be something as simultaneously useful/dangerous as dynamite.
- patall 2y agoHassabis should also be a billionaire by now.
- jsnell 2y agoThe Nobel prize's prestige comes from its history, not from the size of the monetary award. For an example, the Millennium Technology Prize is awarded every two years and the prize money is slightly higher than the Nobel prize (1M EUR vs 0.94M EUR). The achievements it's been awarded for tend to be much more practical, immediate and understandable than the Nobel prize achievements. The next one should be awarded in a couple of weeks. And when that happens, it'll get 1/10th the publicity a Nobel prize gets, because the Nobel prize is older than any living human and has been accumulating prestige all that time, while the Millennium prize is only 20 years old.
- pyb 2y agoHe's up for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. https://x.com/S_OhEigeartaigh/status/1843979139948355893 https://x.com/S_OhEigeartaigh/status/1843979139948355893