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The only way to avoid the suffering of sentient AI systems is not to create them in the first place.
Unfortunately, AI consciousness is actively pursued by some scientist – with little moral concern.
futurism.com/scientists-acti…
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"How, exactly, could AI take over by 2027?"
Introducing AI 2027: a deeply-researched scenario forecast I wrote alongside @slatestarcodex, @eli_lifland, and @thlarsen
By identifying liberal democracy as an enemy ideology Trump is realigning US national security with autocratic regimes and his own corruption. @anneapplebaum
theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1…
While the EU isn't a big AI player, its laws can still affect the global AI race.
EU law can both incentivise changes in products offered in non-EU countries (de facto effect) and influence regulation adopted by other jurisdictions (de jure effect).
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AI development needs to be paused until it's safe and under democratic control.
Cultivated meat might be our best bet to end factory farming for good.
New book by @BruceGFriedrich now available for pre-order.
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Former Israeli defense minister Moshe Yaalon, who served under Netanyahu, has accused Israel of committing war crimes & ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip.
“The path they’re dragging us down is to occupy, annex, and ethnically cleanse — look at the northern strip,” Yaalon said.
The Guardian is leaving X.
"Yesterday we announced that we will no longer post on any official Guardian accounts on X. We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives and that resources could be better used promoting our content elsewhere." 1/
I urge swing state voters who don't want to vote for Harris (because of, e.g., Gaza) to "swap" their vote:
They vote for Harris in exchange for 2 people in non-swing-states casting their vote for their preferred protest candidate.
swapyourvote.org/
Vote swapping efforts are among the best remaining donations opportunities to defeat Trump:
secure.actblue.com/donate/sw…
Prominent Republicans like Dick Cheney who come out in support of Harris shouldn't just endorse her but should actually campaign with her. Why are Bush, Romney, the McCains, former Trump administration officials and others standing on the sidelines?
"Britain is suspending the sale of a raft of arms being used by Israel in Gaza after concluding there is a real risk weapons could be used in violation of international humanitarian law."
politico.eu/article/uk-suspe…
Philosophy has mostly advised against building superintelligent AI because we don't know how to control such an AI and align it with human values. This would likely lead to catastrophic outcomes.
theconversation.com/philosop…
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🦀🐝🧠🤖 How should we make decisions when faced with systems of uncertain sentience? My new book The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI is available online for free at academic.oup.com/book/57949. Please download it! Just click on PDF to get a PDF of the whole book. Individual chapters are also available as PDFs - just click on whichever chapters you want. The book is completely free to everyone and I'm grateful for all shares and forwards.
BREAKING: The International Court of Justice says Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories violates international law and must end.
nbcnews.com/news/world/icj-u…
Children in Ivory Coast received the first doses of a new, relatively cheap malaria vaccine on Monday, a step that has been hailed as a major milestone in the battle against one of the world’s most deadly diseases.
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