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  1. Michel-Antoine Xhignesse's avatar

    Somewhat uncharacteristically, I don’t think I have the energy for a knock-down-drag-out fight on this subject, even though I find…

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  3. Scott's avatar

    The risks are real. https://x.com/DKokotajlo/status/2099601843131478030 https://x.com/paulfchristiano/status/2097733214303645729 https://thezvi.substack.com/p/jacob-coxon-warns-of-human-extinction

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  5. Michel-Antoine Xhignesse's avatar

    I don’t have much to say beyond: (1) I emphatically agree with everything Berg says, and (2) I am appalled…

  6. Paulus G's avatar

    I don’t think focusing on the label matters so much for answering the question. Substitute “artificial intelligence’, if you don’t…

  7. Luis Marxuach's avatar

Job search at U of Toronto law school scuttled after politically motivated interference by a sitting judge

Those are the allegations, and, if true, would represent a serious breach not only of judicial ethics but of academic freedom at the University of Toronto.  Job searches should be conducted and positions filled based on academic considerations, not the political concerns of members of the public, even if they are alumni and donors.

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