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Gary Ackerman<p>The AI control problem is paramount: ensuring future advanced AI remains beneficial and aligned with human values, avoiding potential existential risks. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AIControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIControl</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ExistentialRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExistentialRisk</span></a></p>
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>Good news!</p><p>National, bipartisan <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> plans like the U.S. "Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria" were linked to desired decreases in <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/antibioticResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antibioticResistance</span></a> across 73 countries (pre v. post 2008)!</p><p>Cheers to those reducing <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/existentialRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existentialRisk</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004127" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0</span><span class="invisible">004127</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a></p>
10Billion.org<p>We have god-like technology yet struggle with the global cooperation needed for survival (climate, pandemics, WMDs). We argue for focusing on common ground NOW. Future generations depend on our choices today.</p><p>Read on why this moment is critical: </p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/10billion/p/our-childrens-question-what-did-you?r=2063al&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/10billio</span><span class="invisible">n/p/our-childrens-question-what-did-you?r=2063al&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FutureOfHumanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FutureOfHumanity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ExistentialRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExistentialRisk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalCooperation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalCooperation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/10Billion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>10Billion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Legacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a></p>
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>The two most recent episodes of <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/BioUnethical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BioUnethical</span></a> with David Thorstad, Emily Largent, and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@GovindPersad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GovindPersad</span></a></span> were very (very!) good.</p><p>Hosts Leah Pierson and Sophie Gibert may be doing reflective discussion better than anyone — outstanding stage setting, questioning, improvising, etc.</p><p><a href="https://www.biounethical.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">biounethical.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/bioethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bioethics</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/appliedEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appliedEthics</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/epistemology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epistemology</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/longtermerism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>longtermerism</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/effectiveAltruism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>effectiveAltruism</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/xRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xRisk</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/existentialRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existentialRisk</span></a></p>
Sven Neuhaus<p>If we believe them, <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> has been unable to prevent <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/DeepSeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeek</span></a> from unwanted <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>access</span></a> to train their models 🤭<br>How on earth to day want to contain <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/AGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGI</span></a> upon its arrival? ☠️ <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/ineptitude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ineptitude</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/aisafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aisafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/existentialrisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existentialrisk</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>How Generative AI And LLMs Are Reinventing Our Vocabulary Such That We Might Lose Our Grasp On Human Languages <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/603259/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/603259/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AnthropicClaudeGoogleGeminiMicrosoftCopilotMetaLlama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnthropicClaudeGoogleGeminiMicrosoftCopilotMetaLlama</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a>(AI) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EthicsLawLegalSocietyCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EthicsLawLegalSocietyCulture</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ExistentialRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExistentialRisk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LargeLanguageModelsLLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LargeLanguageModelsLLM</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OpenAIChatGPTGPT4oO1O3ProPlus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAIChatGPTGPT4oO1O3ProPlus</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VocabularyLinguisticInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VocabularyLinguisticInnovation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WordsMeaning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordsMeaning</span></a></p>
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>At-home medical examination devices seemed to increase use of antibiotics compared to people using the same <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/telemedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telemedicine</span></a> platform without the at-home device: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2023.102780" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.202</span><span class="invisible">3.102780</span></a> </p><p>It's not clear whether the additional antibiotic prescriptions were appropriate or counter-guideline (e.g., for non-bacterial infections).</p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/antibioticResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antibioticResistance</span></a>? <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/pharmacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pharmacy</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/existentialRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existentialRisk</span></a></p>
Jonathan Kamens<p>This essay from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@JuliusGoat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>JuliusGoat</span></a></span> is worth reading. My favorite quote: "This means that every 2 years or so the main choice we're making is whether or not we ever get to make choices again, which doesn't seem sustainable, probably because it isn't sustainable." That, exactly.<br>I sometimes find A.R. Moxon's writing a bit too loquatious, but this essay calls out to me from start to finish. Perhaps it will for you as well.<br><a href="https://federate.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/existentialRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existentialRisk</span></a><br><a href="https://www.the-reframe.com/the-rot-goes-to-the-core/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">the-reframe.com/the-rot-goes-t</span><span class="invisible">o-the-core/</span></a></p>
Bornach<p>AI researcher, Sayash Kapoor, interviewed on [Machine Learning Street Talk] doesn't buy into the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AIhype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIhype</span></a>, is wary of applying a pure utilitarianism Pascal's wager approach to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExistentialRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExistentialRisk</span></a>, dismisses exponential growth arguments, and explains different ways how AI agent capabilitiy metrics can be misleading<br><a href="https://youtu.be/BGvQmHd4QPE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/BGvQmHd4QPE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LargeLanguageModels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LargeLanguageModels</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Llama3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Llama3</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AIagents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIagents</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ExistentialRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExistentialRisk</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/HumanExtinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanExtinction</span></a>: "How seriously should governments take the threat of existential risk from AI, given the lack of consensus among researchers? On the one hand, existential risks (x-risks) are necessarily somewhat speculative: by the time there is concrete evidence, it may be too late. On the other hand, governments must prioritize — after all, they don’t worry too much about x-risk from alien invasions.</p><p>This is the first in a series of essays laying out an evidence-based approach for policymakers concerned about AI x-risk, an approach that stays grounded in reality while acknowledging that there are “unknown unknowns”. </p><p>In this first essay, we look at one type of evidence: probability estimates. The AI safety community relies heavily on forecasting the probability of human extinction due to AI (in a given timeframe) in order to inform decision making and policy. An estimate of 10% over a few decades, for example, would obviously be high enough for the issue to be a top priority for society. </p><p>Our central claim is that AI x-risk forecasts are far too unreliable to be useful for policy, and in fact highly misleading."</p><p><a href="https://www.aisnakeoil.com/p/ai-existential-risk-probabilities" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aisnakeoil.com/p/ai-existentia</span><span class="invisible">l-risk-probabilities</span></a></p>
Austin Huang ❤️<p>Sure, better terminology is needed for <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>, as it is with any other novel phenomenon, yet I can't help but think <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/ExistentialRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExistentialRisk</span></a> (and lashing out at <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> instead of improving it) is there to extinguish meaningful efforts to ensure that AI is safe and equitable for everyone in AI-based decisions that matter to them, *right now*.</p><p><a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/03/08/2024/the-risks-of-expanding-the-definition-of-ai-safety" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">semafor.com/article/03/08/2024</span><span class="invisible">/the-risks-of-expanding-the-definition-of-ai-safety</span></a></p>
Cosmic Librarian<p>Are We Doomed? Here’s How to Think About It<br>Climate change, artificial intelligence, nuclear annihilation, biological warfare—the field of existential risk is a way to reason through the dizzying, terrifying headlines.</p><p>Here's how I do it...Take one day at a time. I remember being terrified of a nuclear war when I was only ten years old. I am now 71. I finally realized that every moment of everyday, somebody's world ends.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/existentialrisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existentialrisk</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/worry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/embracenow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>embracenow</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/06/10/are-we-doomed-heres-how-to-think-about-it" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/magazine/2024/06</span><span class="invisible">/10/are-we-doomed-heres-how-to-think-about-it</span></a></p>
Karthik Srinivasan<p>Good riddance to what was a colossal waste of money, energy, resources, and any sane person's time, intellect, and attention. To even call these as exploratory projects is a disservice to human endeavor.</p><p>"Future of humanity", it seems. These guys can't even predict their next bowel movement, but somehow prognosticate about the long term future of humanity, singularity blah blah. This is what "philosophy" has come to with silicon valley and its money power: demented behavior is incentivized, douchery is rationalized, while reason is jettisoned.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/28/nick-bostrom-controversial-future-of-humanity-institute-closure-longtermism-affective-altruism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">4/apr/28/nick-bostrom-controversial-future-of-humanity-institute-closure-longtermism-affective-altruism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Longtermism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Longtermism</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/EffectiveAltruism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EffectiveAltruism</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Futurism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Futurism</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/ExistentialRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExistentialRisk</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a></p>
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>Great day at the <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STEM</span></a> icon <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/BellLabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BellLabs</span></a> (now <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/BellWorks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BellWorks</span></a>) for the <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a> Undergrad. <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> Symposium!</p><p>Olivia Parlow presented our latest experiment on reducing people’s intentions to overuse <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/antibiotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antibiotics</span></a> — fantastic work and encouraging results!</p><p>More students from <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/StevensTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StevensTech</span></a>, <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Caldwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caldwell</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a>, <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/FairleighDicksinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairleighDicksinson</span></a>, and more presented interesting and actionable <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a>!</p><p>Thanks to NJcolleges.org for organizing!</p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/publicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/existentialRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existentialRisk</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/bioethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bioethics</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/xPhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xPhi</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/philSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philSci</span></a></p>
popcrimes<p>‘Effective Accelerationism’ and the Pursuit of Cosmic Utopia<br>How an arcane philosophical rift in Silicon Valley is shaping the race to build artificial general intelligence.</p><p>by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/@xriskology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>xriskology</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.truthdig.com/articles/effective-accelerationism-and-the-pursuit-of-cosmic-utopia/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">truthdig.com/articles/effectiv</span><span class="invisible">e-accelerationism-and-the-pursuit-of-cosmic-utopia/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EffectiveAltrusim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EffectiveAltrusim</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/eacc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eacc</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/effectiveaccelerationism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>effectiveaccelerationism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TESCREAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TESCREAL</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ExistentialRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExistentialRisk</span></a></p>
Neodog with Glasses Plushie :neodog_glasses: :waow: <a class="hashtag" href="https://fedi.aria.dog/tag/aiethics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AiEthics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fedi.aria.dog/tag/aipolicy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AiPolicy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fedi.aria.dog/tag/aisafety" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AiSafety</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fedi.aria.dog/tag/existentialrisk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExistentialRisk</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fedi.aria.dog/tag/publicpolicy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicPolicy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fedi.aria.dog/tag/openai" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAi</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fedi.aria.dog/tag/singularity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Singularity</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fedi.aria.dog/tag/extropianism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Extropianism</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fedi.aria.dog/tag/longtermism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Longtermism</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fedi.aria.dog/tag/animetitties" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnimeTitties</a>
Joanna Bryson, blathering<p>This <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIEthics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ExistentialRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExistentialRisk</span></a> debate will be livestreamed on Cambridge's YouTube channel from 8pm UK (3 hours from now) onwards. The link to it can be found here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@cambridgeunionsoc1815" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/@cambridgeunionsoc</span><span class="invisible">1815</span></a></p>
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>Antibiotic prescription rates weren't decreased in a half dozen medical practices by a year of bi-monthly "educational seminars" from a CDC guest speaker and "opinion leaders".</p><p>Notably, even the control group received CDC guidelines and a "report card".&nbsp;</p><p>1. Has anyone tested the effect of just the report card?<br>2. Are there meta-analyses of interventions to reduce antibiotic (over)prescription?</p><p><a href="https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.158.6.577" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.158.6</span><span class="invisible">.577</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/existentialRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>existentialRisk</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/decisionScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decisionScience</span></a>&nbsp;</p>
Open Book Publishers<p>📢<a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OutNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OutNow</span></a> in <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a>: 'The Era of <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/GlobalRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalRisk</span></a>: An Introduction to <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ExistentialRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExistentialRisk</span></a> Studies', by SJ Beard, Martin Rees, Catherine Richards and Clarissa Rios Rojas (eds).</p><p>This innovative and comprehensive collection of essays explores the biggest threats facing <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanity</span></a> in the 21st century; <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threats</span></a> that cannot be contained or controlled and that have the potential to bring about human extinction and civilization collapse.</p><p>Bringing together experts from many disciplines, it provides an accessible survey of what we know about these threats, how we can understand them better, and most importantly what can be done to manage them effectively. These essays pair insights from decades of <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> and <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> around <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/globalrisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globalrisk</span></a> with the latest <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> findings from the emerging field of <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ExistentialRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExistentialRisk</span></a> Studies. </p><p>Access at <a href="https://openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0336" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">openbookpublishers.com/books/1</span><span class="invisible">0.11647/obp.0336</span></a></p>
popcrimes<p>‘Before It’s Too Late, Buddy’</p><p>This is what happens when you spend two years unmasking a well-funded Silicon Valley “apocalypse cult.”</p><p>by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.bida.im/@xriskology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>xriskology</span></a></span> </p><p>"This scenario is eerily similar to what Yudkowsky is advocating: military actions that could cause a genocidal nuclear catastrophe, if necessary to keep the techno-utopian dream alive."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TESCREAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TESCREAL</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Longtermism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Longtermism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EffectiveAltruism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EffectiveAltruism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Yudkowsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yudkowsky</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AGIPanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGIPanic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ExistentialRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExistentialRisk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Bostrom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bostrom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/H%C3%A4ggstr%C3%B6m" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Häggström</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.truthdig.com/articles/before-its-too-late-buddy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">truthdig.com/articles/before-i</span><span class="invisible">ts-too-late-buddy/</span></a></p>