I know of a 10 room mansion in Tuscany, Italy that could house a group of future of coding researchers for a year, starting in September. It would work out to €500/month for room and board.
The room is €200; €300 was back-of-the-napkin for general meals and it could be low, but when you buy in bulk it can be quite inexpensive and Italy is definitely cheap.
To me, the cost of buying cooking ingredients isn’t a concern in the slightest - but I don’t enjoy cooking. I’d hire a full-time live-in chef if I could afford it. But I can’t, so I mostly live-off Soylent.
If you want to talk about the key, that’s a much bigger discussion. Personally I always thought Alan (with all due respect to obviously one of the greatest luminaries of our time) had it wrong. Point of view is not worth 80 IQ points. First, that smacks of a time when we used to conflate IQ with intelligence and honestly think someone with 150 was 5 smarter than someone with 145. No, intelligence and knowledge just get you to the table. Point of view is why you’re there.
It’s like saying Picasso’s style gave him points towards his technique. Having a good line allowed him to express his style.
So what’s the key? Insight. And while that’s much harder to understand and evaluate, that’s the ticket.
Well, they pay. There's no IP transfer here; you own your own IP.
That said, I'm hoping that, via donations, there will be spots for those that can't pay anything at all. But that's a lot of speculation for something that is still very much up in the air.