Misrepresenting Self
This is not, I think, a responsible way to summarize the evidence on the safety benefits of self-driving cars https://t.co/SRHwi6cy2b
Great Biographies Demand Years, Not Crayon Sketches
I also had this experience reading The Power Broker but I think it's important to remember that (a) it took nine years and required Ina to sell their home to fund (b) Ina was such an integral researcher for it...
Join Rapid‑Impact Grantmaking: AI Policy & Pandemic Jobs
Really massive hiring round that I'd encourage anyone interested in AI policy/safety or pandemic prevention to apply for I can attest it's a great workplace culture, generous comp, and most importantly you're moving money to worthy causes very quickly https://t.co/MMa6MK5ELV
Small Spaces Can Raise Kids; Size Myth Debunked
As someone raising an infant in a 900 sq ft apt, the idea that a 2000 sq ft house isn't big enough for children is just obviously absurd
Cities Run by Elite Coalitions Prioritize Growth Over Residents
Harvey Molotch “The City as a Growth Machine: Toward a Political Economy of Place," 1976 https://t.co/u18nsJdE4T
Virginia Referendum Win Leaves Markets Unchanged, Likely Priced In
Intriguing that the markets didn't move at all in response to the Virginia referendum winning; maybe it had been fully priced in? https://t.co/FNtkPeCHkS
Claude Claims Native German Translation, Skipping Extra Steps
I asked Claude to convert a German-language PDF to plain text "so I can send it to Google Translate" and at the end he was like, "FOR THE RECORD, I can speak and translate German perfectly well myself"
From AI Skeptic to Believer: Lessons Learned
I am sympathetic to people who think AI is all nonsense hype. This is what I thought in 2015. I was very wrong, though, and I wrote about why and what I learned from that https://t.co/64ElICJ0a4 https://t.co/nJ9gQTmD0m
Recessions Reduce Deaths, Especially From Fewer Commutes
Ironically a well-established finding in health economics is that deaths *fall* during recessions. This is, in part, because people aren’t commuting and so driving-related deaths fall.
Gemini Fails in Google Docs, Works on Docx
Genuinely astonishing how badly integrated Gemini is into Google Docs I asked it three times to fix some footnotes and it crashed each time. I downloaded the docx and asked Gemini to fix that and it did just fine
OpenAI’s AI Policy Mirrors Bernie Sanders’ Agenda
Interesting, as a matter of corporate strategy, that the first AI econ policy paper OpenAI is putting out as a "starting point for discussion" is just the Bernie platform: higher capital taxes, 32 hour workweek, worker vetoes of automation https://t.co/8JdP9Ac3MN