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I think FQxI usually gets around 200 submissions for its essay contests where the entire pot is less than the first prize here. I wouldn't be surprised if Open Phil got over 100 submissions.
A small exercise to inspire empathy/gratitude for people who grew up with access to healthcare:
If you'd lived 150 years ago, what might you have died of as a child?
I got pneumonia when I was four and it probably would have killed me without modern medicine.
I would have died as a baby - I needed a complex heart operation.
How many submissions do you think the Open Philanthropy AI Worldviews contest received? I see 17 posted publicly here, which seems really low to me.
I think FQxI usually gets around 200 submissions for its essay contests where the entire pot is less than the first prize here. I wouldn't be surprised if Open Phil got over 100 submissions.