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I would be interested to hear more about the assumptions that would imply climate change ends civilization within your lifetime.…
There is a lot to reflect on here but, having already commented enough, I won’t. Just one thing on climate…
Lovely to read these reflections on David, who was a wonderful man. He taught me as an undergraduate and was…
Thank you, David, for crafting this “normie” case for taking AI safety concerns very seriously. It’s very helpful. I’m going…
I’ll stay out of the math debate and stipulate that I mostly agree with David’s main post, but i think…
Point taken, David. That said, I think the arch tone of the NYT comment directs our attention not so much…
On recursive self-improvement: to be worried about it, all you need to believe is that it will probably speed up…
Not all in philosophy, obviously, but that's still a frightening number of careers and perhaps lives ruined. At a time when frivolous people are attacking tenure, and claiming that tenure means "lifetime jobs," terrible developments like this deserve notice.
UPDATE: There's now a facebook group in support of the affected faculty and programs. (Thanks to Kenneth Noe for the heads up.)
ANOTHER: This site is rather eye-opening about USM. (Thanks to Christopher Pynes for the pointer.)
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