There's a reaction people have when they hear about EA that's like "well but when you do the math, that would mean [all these issues that people care about] are less important than malaria, and we should just spend all our time talking about malaria, but that would be absurd."

Richard Garriott on the state of the games industry: 'The bells and whistles are no longer what's important'

"Pre-EA, we never cancelled a project."

Richard Garriott on the state of the games industry: 'The bells and whistles are no longer what's important'

"Pre-EA, we never cancelled a project."

The Acemoglu Wars Are All About AI

Regarding that Economist article ...

Rejection, tragedy and billions of dollars - The story of FIFA - MCV/DEVELOP

EA didn't give a shit about FIFA.” - MCV/DEVELOP

Stop trusting the extinction math

The AI industry's favourite 'statistic' isn't backed by data. And it distracts from what's really going on.

I'm pretty sure everyone at my company saw this article and now they all think we're in an AI crisis. We're not in an AI crisis. We use Claude to summarize Slack threads. But here's what's actually interesting: this whole panic reveals something nobody wants to admit. Ev

I'm pretty sure everyone at my company saw this article and now they all think we're in an AI crisis.We're not in an AI crisis. We use Claude to summarize Slack threads.But here's what's actually interesting: this whole panic reveals something nobody wants to admit.Every… pic.twitter.com/9RAAjU5r65— IT Unprofessional (@it_unprofession) February 4, 2026

Chris Beiser on Twitter / X

it'd be interesting to quantify the rate at which unaffiliated reddit users have improved on the state of the art for treatment protocols for diseases. my guess is that for 75% of diseases, they're responsible for a greater QoL increase than pharmaceutical companies over 10 years— Chris Beiser (@ctbeiser) June 7, 2021

Valerio Capraro on Twitter / X

Our new paper shows that AI destroys the wisdom of uncertainty.The willingness to say “I don’t know” collapses from 44% to 3%.This happens even when the AI’s advice is wrong. Consequently, correct answers fall from 27% to 9%.Yes: some people who would otherwise answer… pic.twitter.com/l0YZ75IFHn— Valerio Capraro (@ValerioCapraro) August 10, 2026

Terence Tao: AI companies are harming mathematics | New Scientist

archived 9 Sep 2026 16:47:49 UTC

We argue badly, and nothing accumulates. How could we do better? | Reason Commons

Millions of people argue every day about the things that matter most — climate change, what to do about AI, how we might build a better…