but though i think EA is an incredibly flawed movement, i will say: as individuals, EAs are almost always exceptionally nice, well-meaning people. the movement has some very weird emergent behavior, but i'm happy to see the self-reflection and feel confident it'll emerge better.
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Society Takes Longer Than Expected to Adopt Powerful AI
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(this is a little bit different than 'slow takeoff'–i think it will just take society longer to figure out what to really do with very powerful than intuition suggests)
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Mastodon Scaling with Volunteer Moderators After Twitter Layoffs
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Twitter just laid all those people off! I think having a tiny team of volunteer moderators for servers with just a few thousand users could work OK Seems to have worked out for Mastodon over the past 6 years, and so far it's scaling up well in the face of the massive new growth
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Non-Western Ethics Beyond Western Rationalism in AI
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It’s clear & I’m very glad you’re working on this.There’s already an irony in contrasting NW to western ethics if there’s an either or mentality.This frames the duality of western rationalism & minimizes the consciousness opening,joyful learning when moving beyond reductionism.
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Managing Social Networks Harder Than Rockets Due to User Unpredictability
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Managing a social network is harder than rockets because the users of a social network are not a deterministic system as conclusively demonstrated by Twitter’s users over the last few weeks
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Robin Yayla’s Innovative Artwork Showcase
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Innovative artworks by Robin Yayla #design #inspiration #illustration #art
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How Technologies Become Standard: Adoption Process Framework
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first they do it as part of their job then they do it as a stepping stone then it wins
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Growing Up in the Virtual Fifties: Nostalgia and Tech Evolution
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I like to say that we grew up in the (virtual) 50s.
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Stanford HAI Spring Conference 2023: AI, Creativity, Policy
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A sneak preview of the @StanfordHAI Spring Conference 2023 – AI, generative models, arts, creativity, policy, regulation, and more! Stay tuned and sign up to our mailing list: https://
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Authoritarian Personality Types in Corporate Tech Culture
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Recommended reading: the Wikipedia article on the authoritarian personality type (Useful if you're scratching you head at all of these people on Twitter who think you should expect to be fired for disagreeing with your CEO)