The root cause of the absurd & contradictory conclusions is believing that the weaker party is always right. “Weak makes right” is at least as foolish as “might makes right”, which was held to be true for much of Western history.
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Caltech Researchers Oppose California AI Safety Bill SB 1047
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A number of my colleagues @Caltech and I have put together a letter voicing our concern regarding CA SB 1047 (AI Safety Act). Sign the letter and show your support! https://
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pQLScgA1GCo241Kfg-S5X2hMVAYivkqPGSnaC0VwvTy11uVJ3OLw/viewform
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Top AI Researchers Support California’s AI Safety Bill
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Well, Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton and Stuart Russell actively support the bill. Hardly a outlandishly fringe AI doomsday cult I would say: https://
computing.co.uk/news/4344580/b
ig-ai-names-weigh-endorse-californias-ai-act#:~:text=FourdistinguishedprofessorsofAI,FrontierArtificialIntelligenceModelsAct
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Global AI Development Accelerating Faster in China Than Elsewhere
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It’s happening in most countries, just at greater scale in China
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Politicians Need Fairness, Humor for Better Society
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Politicians need a sense of fairness as well as a sense of humor. The world will be a better place with happy, smiling politicians instead of angry, sullen ones.
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US Subsidizes Global Drug Research Development Costs
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What’s actually happening is that the US is subsidizing drug R&D for the rest of Earth
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Locked phones prevent OS changes and fork installation
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If the phones are locked down you can‘t change the OS or install a fork.
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X Closes Brazil Office Over Illegal Censorship Demands
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The decision to close the 𝕏 office in Brazil was difficult, but, if we had agreed to @alexandre
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Speaker at West Point Military Academy Convocation
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Honored to have been the convocation speaker yesterday at @WestPoint_USMA
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