Matt Reardon
@mjreard.bsky.social
Programs at LawAI. Frmly 80000 Hours.
"Too much happened too fast" is a reflection I just had on an episode of Downton Abbey. I'm old.
December 8, 2024 at 2:40 PM
"Too much happened too fast" is a reflection I just had on an episode of Downton Abbey. I'm old.
EAs have all gone soft
December 4, 2024 at 3:06 PM
EAs have all gone soft
I’ve been encouraged to share my dinner setup as well
December 3, 2024 at 1:19 PM
I’ve been encouraged to share my dinner setup as well
Most AIS leaders cut their academic teeth during the great awokening, so I worry they overrate the importance of appealing to the left. Easy to say now of course, but I also worry this will persist despite the left's recent decline.
The Cruz letter is obviously absurd, but it *does* highlight something I’ve been thinking about recently — whether it was a strategic mistake for AI safety people to attempt to (mostly unsuccessfully) build a coalition with AI ethics folks.
December 3, 2024 at 4:24 AM
Most AIS leaders cut their academic teeth during the great awokening, so I worry they overrate the importance of appealing to the left. Easy to say now of course, but I also worry this will persist despite the left's recent decline.
Biden pardoning his son helps clarify his disgraced place in history. Being the best policy admin of my life doesn't make up for gambling American democracy in a dishonest lunge for personal power. Trying to walk back the gamble was nice, but winning was the only path to redemption.
December 2, 2024 at 7:19 AM
Biden pardoning his son helps clarify his disgraced place in history. Being the best policy admin of my life doesn't make up for gambling American democracy in a dishonest lunge for personal power. Trying to walk back the gamble was nice, but winning was the only path to redemption.
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Please share the word with your liberal friends. I am on the right but believe
-Vaccines are good
-Joe Rogan cannot replace the MSM
-American elections are free and fair
-The right is increasingly a cult of personality around Trump
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-Vaccines are good
-Joe Rogan cannot replace the MSM
-American elections are free and fair
-The right is increasingly a cult of personality around Trump
Tell them to subscribe to my newsletter. www.richardhanania.com
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December 1, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Please share the word with your liberal friends. I am on the right but believe
-Vaccines are good
-Joe Rogan cannot replace the MSM
-American elections are free and fair
-The right is increasingly a cult of personality around Trump
Tell them to subscribe to my newsletter. www.richardhanania.com
-Vaccines are good
-Joe Rogan cannot replace the MSM
-American elections are free and fair
-The right is increasingly a cult of personality around Trump
Tell them to subscribe to my newsletter. www.richardhanania.com
Idk what George is on about shit was lux
December 1, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Idk what George is on about shit was lux
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New essay: "How to be a wise optimist about science and technology?"
michaelnotebook.com/optimism/ind...
michaelnotebook.com/optimism/ind...
How to be a wise optimist about science and technology?
michaelnotebook.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:13 AM
New essay: "How to be a wise optimist about science and technology?"
michaelnotebook.com/optimism/ind...
michaelnotebook.com/optimism/ind...
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one of my most elitist beliefs is that most people have plenty of money and are just incredibly bad with it
when I enlisted in the military I was stunned by how much I made and how easy it was to save and then a bunch of people around me spent a ton and complained about wages
when I enlisted in the military I was stunned by how much I made and how easy it was to save and then a bunch of people around me spent a ton and complained about wages
December 1, 2024 at 2:57 AM
one of my most elitist beliefs is that most people have plenty of money and are just incredibly bad with it
when I enlisted in the military I was stunned by how much I made and how easy it was to save and then a bunch of people around me spent a ton and complained about wages
when I enlisted in the military I was stunned by how much I made and how easy it was to save and then a bunch of people around me spent a ton and complained about wages
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This was my last week at OpenAI after ~3.5 years. I worked on API safety and then transitioned to Policy Research where I worked closely with @milesbrundage.bsky.social on AI governance, frontier policy issues, and AGI readiness.
As is tradition, here’s the message I shared on Slack:
As is tradition, here’s the message I shared on Slack:
December 1, 2024 at 12:33 AM
This was my last week at OpenAI after ~3.5 years. I worked on API safety and then transitioned to Policy Research where I worked closely with @milesbrundage.bsky.social on AI governance, frontier policy issues, and AGI readiness.
As is tradition, here’s the message I shared on Slack:
As is tradition, here’s the message I shared on Slack:
Bulldog is here; put him on your lists weirdos
"I realized that judging the effectiveness of my work based on a “return on investment” model was, at its core, based on a white-centric view of activism."
This is a quote from the first page of "The Good It Promises, The Harm It Does," a critique of effective altruism. What a joke.
This is a quote from the first page of "The Good It Promises, The Harm It Does," a critique of effective altruism. What a joke.
December 1, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Bulldog is here; put him on your lists weirdos
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torturing myself by reading the Marc Andreessen/Joe Rogan podcast transcript
November 29, 2024 at 12:43 PM
torturing myself by reading the Marc Andreessen/Joe Rogan podcast transcript
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This suggestion by Mark Cuban caught my eye; might work, certainly worth floating, but I think insufficiently cynical. Opposition to phasing out coal isn't about jobs; it isn't even, mostly, about profits. It's a front in the culture war. 1/
One thing I proposed was to completely buy out the coal industry. For about 36b , you could buy all the coal plants (at a nice profit for owners ), give their customers 5 to 10 yrs to transition and give all employees full pay till retirement.
Take out coal and other paths get simpler
Thoughts?
Take out coal and other paths get simpler
Thoughts?
November 30, 2024 at 12:47 PM
This suggestion by Mark Cuban caught my eye; might work, certainly worth floating, but I think insufficiently cynical. Opposition to phasing out coal isn't about jobs; it isn't even, mostly, about profits. It's a front in the culture war. 1/
The delightfully insane europeans are here, maybe this site is gonna make it
There's one thing I need to know about American Thanksgiving.
It's November 29th. Christmas is 27 days away.
If you live away from family, do you fly home to family, fly back, and fly home again 2-3 weeks later? Or do you just stay home for like 1.5 months?
Neither of those sound ideal..
It's November 29th. Christmas is 27 days away.
If you live away from family, do you fly home to family, fly back, and fly home again 2-3 weeks later? Or do you just stay home for like 1.5 months?
Neither of those sound ideal..
November 30, 2024 at 9:17 AM
The delightfully insane europeans are here, maybe this site is gonna make it
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13 thoughts on "The Curve" conference:
1/ The event felt different than other conferences I've been to. Rather than the meeting of a tribe or a cluster of tribes around a shared idea, it was two conflicting tribes.
I would like to see more events like this.
1/ The event felt different than other conferences I've been to. Rather than the meeting of a tribe or a cluster of tribes around a shared idea, it was two conflicting tribes.
I would like to see more events like this.
November 26, 2024 at 2:47 AM
13 thoughts on "The Curve" conference:
1/ The event felt different than other conferences I've been to. Rather than the meeting of a tribe or a cluster of tribes around a shared idea, it was two conflicting tribes.
I would like to see more events like this.
1/ The event felt different than other conferences I've been to. Rather than the meeting of a tribe or a cluster of tribes around a shared idea, it was two conflicting tribes.
I would like to see more events like this.
For liberals, credible commitments to non-stupid, winning-oriented reforms and it starts with playing baby its cold outside on repeat this holiday season
November 25, 2024 at 1:03 PM
For liberals, credible commitments to non-stupid, winning-oriented reforms and it starts with playing baby its cold outside on repeat this holiday season
John Stewart made a name showing naked contradictions/inconsistencies with receipts. Partisans excused themselves saying the same would be true if Stewart aimed at their opponents. Machines could in theory withstand that objection, but there are many degrees of freedom here.
If we ever build agents tasked with holding politicians and policymakers' public statements to account, finding contradictions, inconsistencies, failed targets, missed promises etc. we'll be in a much better position. Some quick thoughts:
November 25, 2024 at 12:58 PM
John Stewart made a name showing naked contradictions/inconsistencies with receipts. Partisans excused themselves saying the same would be true if Stewart aimed at their opponents. Machines could in theory withstand that objection, but there are many degrees of freedom here.
My guess is that the ultimate antibodies to the memetic force of social media will be radical transparency and forgiveness. The right is very far ahead on this relative to the left despite having worse ideas.
November 25, 2024 at 1:00 AM
My guess is that the ultimate antibodies to the memetic force of social media will be radical transparency and forgiveness. The right is very far ahead on this relative to the left despite having worse ideas.
Andy was seriously cooking with this one
November 24, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Andy was seriously cooking with this one
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Since I've been here for a while… here are some useful features on Bluesky that you might not have discovered yet! 🧵
November 20, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Since I've been here for a while… here are some useful features on Bluesky that you might not have discovered yet! 🧵
Even if you hate him, you have to acknowledge that Bluesky fundamentally can't succeed without accounts like Hanania coming over and staying
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November 21, 2024 at 12:41 PM
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im on every app. im in your city, in your neighborhood. the sales associate who handed you a large when you asked for a medium? that was me. i am now behind you.
November 20, 2024 at 7:00 AM
im on every app. im in your city, in your neighborhood. the sales associate who handed you a large when you asked for a medium? that was me. i am now behind you.
lfg
Hello, Bluesky community! I'm Peter Singer, philosopher and author, exploring ethical questions, with a focus on animals, effective altruism, utilitarianism and bioethics. I've had it with Elon Musk and his rigged algorithms to promote Trump, so I’m leaving X and joining all of you here.
November 20, 2024 at 1:02 AM
lfg
You have absolutely got to be fucking kidding me
November 19, 2024 at 2:39 PM
You have absolutely got to be fucking kidding me
Also I'm going to call these bisks unless someone's got something better
November 19, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Also I'm going to call these bisks unless someone's got something better