Anousheh Ansari on Innovation Prizes for Space, AI, Quantum Computing, and Carbon Removal

Future of Life Institute Podcast

Anousheh Ansari joins the podcast to discuss how innovation prizes can incentivize technical innovation in space, AI, quantum computing, and carbon removal. We discuss the pros and cons of such prizes, where they work best, and how far they can scale. Learn more about Anousheh's work here: https://www.xprize.org/home

Timestamps:

00:00 Innovation prizes at XPRIZE

08:25 Deciding which prizes to create

19:00 Creating new markets

29:51 How far can prizes scale?

35:25 When are prizes successful?

46:06 100M dollar carbon removal prize

54:40 Upcoming prizes

59:52 Anousheh's time in space