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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…
A number of critics have argued against extrapolation from Professor Merritt’s study of the Ohio legal market to the national legal market. In her response, Professor Merritt makes some good points, and also several key points with which I disagree. Professor Merritt suggests that an important contribution of her study is providing up-to-date information about…
I would be interested to hear more about the assumptions that would imply climate change ends civilization within your lifetime.…