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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…
Professor Skolnick taught for many years at Berkeley (1970-1994), and then for the remainder of his career at NYU, where he was also emeritus. A leading law & society scholar, he wrote influential work on different aspects of the criminal justice system, especially the police. The Berkeley JSP memorial notice is here.
(Thanks to Richard Leo for the pointer.)
There is a lot to reflect on here but, having already commented enough, I won’t. Just one thing on climate…