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Should we "pace" AI self-improvement?
A guest post by Tim Fist and Saif Khan.
15 hrs ago • Tim Fist and Saif M. Khan
Banning data centers would blow up the U.S. economy
There's one thing keeping us afloat right now, and people want to get rid of it.
Aug 8 • Noah Smith
Are the Democrats going to save us this time?
And if not, what do we do?
Aug 6 • Noah Smith
The end of the age of heroes
AI will soon be better at math than any human. What does that mean?
Aug 4 • Noah Smith
Slopulism is taking over America
Sometimes bad populist ideas are just a mistake; sometimes they're being promoted for ideological reasons.
Aug 2 • Noah Smith
Why did South Korean stocks just crash?
The AI boom creates a lot of uncertainty.
Jul 30 • Noah Smith
Roundup #85: Most policy is also industrial policy
Trump and science; U.S. national debt; Europe and software; America and trains; China and metal refining; Indian women; Murder
Jul 28 • Noah Smith
What will more intelligence actually do for us?
A lot, actually. But it won't look quite like what humans do with our intelligence.
Jul 26 • Noah Smith
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