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Back to Search“Meat Matters: Why I’m optimistic about cultivated meat (and a suggestion for the Frontier Labs)” by Bruce Friedrich 🔸
In my first “Meat Matters” substack, I wrote that despite some recent popular press obituaries, I remain optimistic about the scientific viability o…
19 hours ago
“The cooperative silence hypothesis” by Magnus Vinding
It is often assumed that space expansion by intelligent actors would be clearly visible on a cosmic scale. I have previously outlined some reasons t…
20 hours ago
“More founders should move to their country of operations” by Naveeth Basheer
TLDR
I moved from London to Accra a year ago to set up AWASH, a charity working on farmed fish welfare. I think more founders should move to their c…1 day, 23 hours ago
“CCF: Billions are coming. Still no plan to give well?” by Rethink Priorities, Marcus_A_Davis
TLDR: Everyone's talking about what the money could do, but few about how to decide where it goes.
This post is part of the new series of articles o…
2 days, 17 hours ago
“Middle Powers and Transformative AI: A request for proposals” by OscarD🔸
Today, we are launching a request for proposals on AI policy in middle powers, with 10 million dollars (and potentially more) of funding available. …
3 days, 18 hours ago
“The vegan trap: are we making animal advocacy harder than it needs to be?” by tobiasleenaert
note: crosspost from my substack
As a vegan for almost thirty years, I’ve long had second thoughts about how effective veganism is for helping anim…
3 days, 19 hours ago
“Targeting High-Risk Pregnancies: A Cost-Effectiveness Case for Low-Dose Aspirin” by Marshall
A century-old pill, given to the right people, could cost-effectively save many lives.
Summary
Targeting low-cost prevention toward people at eleva…5 days, 4 hours ago
“Why I’m scared of RL” by Owen Cotton-Barratt
Summary:
First, I give several different angles on how I feel about reinforcement learning:
Theoretical case: RL is a black-box source of agency — …5 days, 10 hours ago
“Community Health: A Call for Transparency” by LauraC
In early 2024, I brought an employment claim against a former employer concerning unpaid work.
Following information provided by my former employer,…
6 days ago
“Swarm Scaling” by Toby_Ord
Audio note: this article contains 36 uses of latex notation, so the narration may be difficult to follow. There's a link to the original text in the…
6 days, 16 hours ago