> The AlphaFold paper has countless authors, many researchers and company resources underlying it. Hassabis’ contribution is management of resources and entrepreneurship, not the actual science.
That's usually how you get a Nobel prize in science. You become an accomplished scientist, and eventually you lead a big lab/department/project and with a massive massiv you work on projects where there are big discoveries. These discoveries aren't possible to attribute to individuals. If you look back through history and try to find how many "Boss professor leading massive team/project" vs. how many "Einstein type making big discovery in their own head" I think you'll find that the former is a lot more common.
> This will incentivize scientists to focus on management of other researchers who will manage other researchers who will produce the technical inventions.
I don't think the Nobel prize is a large driver of science. It's a celebration and a way to put a spotlight on something and someone. But I doubt many people choose careers or projects based on "this might get us the prize..."
> You become an accomplished scientist, and eventually you lead a big lab/department/project and with a massive massiv you work on projects where there are big discoveries.
That's a very recent thing. Up to the 90s, the Nobel committee refused to even recognize it. They just started to award those prizes at the 21 century, and on most fields they never became the majority.
That's usually how you get a Nobel prize in science. You become an accomplished scientist, and eventually you lead a big lab/department/project and with a massive massiv you work on projects where there are big discoveries. These discoveries aren't possible to attribute to individuals. If you look back through history and try to find how many "Boss professor leading massive team/project" vs. how many "Einstein type making big discovery in their own head" I think you'll find that the former is a lot more common.
> This will incentivize scientists to focus on management of other researchers who will manage other researchers who will produce the technical inventions.
I don't think the Nobel prize is a large driver of science. It's a celebration and a way to put a spotlight on something and someone. But I doubt many people choose careers or projects based on "this might get us the prize..."