That's my point. Our agency is kimited for events like pandemics, earthquakes, tornadoes, meteor strikes, and other natural phenomena. The best we can do is take some preemptive defensive measures and hope for the best. But for AI and other manifestations of human activity, we
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Historical gun control as model for AI regulation strategy
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How about “Restrained and controlled”. One friend mentioned Japan’s control of guns from 1545-1879 as an example.
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Critical Inquiry Over Certainty in Understanding Truth
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Yeap. In practice, preferring inquiry over certainty means constantly questioning and critically examining the information we encounter. It's about being open to multiple perspectives, not taking things at face value, and acknowledging that our understanding of truth is often
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Supporting developing nations over US non-committal approach
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Thank you for all your tweets and hope to connect to see how I can support developing nations over US spineless noncommittal.
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Historical Tech Panic Cycles: AI Extinction Fears Pattern
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This is a great website, and documents via news clippings the alarm over many beneficial innovations, such as electricity, bicycles, elevators, radio, etc: https://
pessimistsarchive.org After the current wave of alarm over AI human extinction dies down, I wonder if statements about -
Cognitive Ability Decay: From Exceptional Memory to High School Normalcy
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(My ability here decayed to something more approaching “has an anomalously good memory” by approximately late high school. I was both sad but also happy because it eased some social difficulties.)
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Confronting Workplace Ageism Across Generations
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Confront Ageism to Create a Workplace Where All Generations Thrive https://
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Class Credentialing Institutions and Educational Gatekeeping Mechanisms
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I sometimes wonder if I am too cynical about our class credentialing institutions and their funding and gatekeeping mechanisms. Then, I remember they are our class credentialing institutions, and so the baseline level of cynicism should be high.
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Policy Design Benefits Elite, Harms Others: Known Side Effect
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“Wow this seems like a policy designed to work spectacularly well for the class that wrote it and blow up terribly for other people.” More of the first half of that; the second is a side effect. It’s a known side effect, in the literature, but was not considered a blocker.
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Tech Pioneer Focused on Making AI a Force for Good
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A force for #AI good https://
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in today's WSJ @EmilyBobrow