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"Model access for third-parties — it’s a big deal!" by Cleo Nardo
Over time, there might be an increasingly large gap between insider model access and outsider model access. By insiders, I mean employees at the frontier lab.[1] By "outsiders", I mean external safety researchers, third-party auditors, and other ...
"Who Got Breasts First and How We Got Them" by rba
It really is Sydney Sweeney's world, and we’re all just living in it. Human female breasts are an evolutionary mystery along several dimensions. First, breast permanence is unique to humans. All other mammals develop breast prominence dur...
"The worthlessness of vitamin D is mildly exaggerated" by dynomight
For a while there, many people thought vitamin D was magical—that it could improve bones, the heart, infections, cancer, heart disease, longevity, even mental health. But among people I respect, opinion is now overwhelmingly that taking vitamin D...
"What is up with e/acc?" by KatjaGrace
I was chatting with someone tonight about a planned documentary; they had interviewed various people in AI safety, and we got to discussing who they should talk to from an e/acc (effective accelerationist) perspective. I also watched The AI Doc r...
"Existential AI safety needs an effective social movement. PauseAI is building it" by Maxime Fournes, Espedair Street
Note: this post is about PauseAI, not PauseAI US, which is a distinct entity with a different leadership team and approach. This post was written by Matilda da Rui and Maxime Fournes, with significant contributions from Benjamin Schmidt (...