"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little." — Unknown
The Rise of ``Worse is Better''
Du privilège exorbitant à l’ignorance invincible
traduction française du billet de blog "From exorbitant privilege to invincible ignorance" de Paul Krugman
Quote Origin: The Optimist Invents the Airplane and the Pessimist the Parachute – Quote Investigator®
George Bernard Shaw? Gladys Bronwyn Stern? W. H. H. MacKellar? Gil Stern? Mack McGinnis?
The Extinction Risk Preference Cascade: Quotes
These are quotes from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google employees, in the wake of Jacob Coxon’s warnings, in which the employees confirm that they think AI might soon kill everyone.
The pessimist who became a prophet
Michael Sandel was ignored by a generation of political optimists. Now he is searching for a way out of the mess he saw coming
The mistake we all make... and the simple experiment that reveals it
Your answer reveals how you see the world – and the common error that hampers our decision making. In an extract from his new book, psychologist Richard Nisbett reveals the ‘mindware’ to help us think smarter
The Laws of Simplicity / John Maeda
The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction.
A quote by William H. Murray
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the...
The Jevons Paradox of AI - Wesley's notes
Why AI can make us more productive but will never save us time
The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code
Bill Benter did the impossible: He wrote an algorithm that couldn’t lose at the track. Close to a billion dollars later, he tells his story for the first time.
Why I work on self-improving AI despite the risks - Jeff Clune
Why I work on self-improving AI despite the risks. Jeff Clune.
The Despair of the Professor in the Age of A.I.
“Was it always the case that half of our students would cheat if it were easy enough?”
On technological optimism and technological pragmatism
"There are no guarantees that things are going to turn out very well for anyone.”
when everyone has a different explanation of why the bad numbers are not that bad or why the small number is still very important, the simplest explanation is that the bad number is actually just indeed very bad
Christopher Mims
So I guess either Bluesky becomes a nonprofit or we all start sharing our Threads handles on here…?
And why, while flawed, the study isn't meaningless or worthless - everyone's take is just lacking nuance:
Ariel M. (she/her)
Yes mostly. The paper (still a preprint, so not peer-reviewed) does start off kinda strong in its claims compared to what the results show. But they acknowledge all the limitations too: - this captured brief AI exposure, so did not look at how these effects change with usage over time
