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David Wallace on The increasing risk of nuclear warApril 14, 2026
On (4), and with the usual caveat that I’m not an expert here: The US has 400 land-based ICBMs, carrying…
David Wallace on The increasing risk of nuclear warApril 14, 2026
In itself, not much. (A few quibbles: the estimates of deployed warheads are implausibly precise; the assessment of nuclear winter…
LFC on The increasing risk of nuclear warApril 14, 2026
I’ve looked only quickly at the linked piece, but I did notice a factual mistake in point 5. Point 5…
Rob on Does AI degrade human comprehension and reasoning?April 14, 2026
Very interesting interview with Professor Schwarcz on the latest episode of Ipse Dixit podcast: https://shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/episodes/daniel-schwarcz-on-ai-and-human-legal-reasoning
Dan Schwarcz on Does AI degrade human comprehension and reasoning?April 14, 2026
*Yes, you are correct that the synthesis task required participants both to read the source material and draft a memo.…
Milan Markovic on Does AI degrade human comprehension and reasoning?April 14, 2026
Thank you, Dan. Your “synthesis task” required students to both read the packet and write a legal memo on a…
Andrew Mamo on Does AI degrade human comprehension and reasoning?April 14, 2026
Thanks for a very interesting paper as we try to understand this new technology and how to work with it.…