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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…
Replying to Craig Duncan’s quote: “If I understand this correctly, the leadership of humanity, who can’t work together to slow…
The 1954 film, "Salt of the Earth," written and directed by a mostly blacklisted crew, using mostly actual mine workers and their families as actors, and both pro-labor and pro-feminist in its content. Naturally, it wasn't shown in the US at the time! It's a humane and nicely done movie.
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