>From the Hutter Prize FAQ: Why do you grant a 'discount' of 5'000 Byte per day? <http://prize.hutter1.net/hfaq.htm#ddisc>
The contest went big early 2020, but so far no-one was able to beat the baseline. The discount has been introduced to ease participation and guarantee eventually at least one winner. The discount is around 1.5% per year, so should allow a first winner within a year, or at most two. The reason for the incremental discount is to prevent a quick win by whoever notices the discount first. ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tef43964b9365fffb-M7eb04faa980cf4e9b9723947 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
