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If AI Slop Falls in the Forest
AI-generated writing gives me the ick. Spend enough time using LLMs and you too can spot the signature patterns of word slop. It’s not just possible—it’s easy. But even if the usual verbal tics aren’t on display—even if it aces the imitatio...
Can Soccer Be Fixed?
In this year’s World Cup final, Spain quickly began dominating Argentina. I went in hoping for some magic from Messi, but I’m not a partisan, and by the second half, I recognized that a Spanish victory was the only just outcome. Yet the sco...
After the AI Revolution
What are the long-term economic and political consequences of transformative AI? This essay tries to answer that question through adversarial collaboration between two optimists ( & ) and two pessimists ( & ). The goal was not to resolve th...
Philosophy's Alignment Problem
Gérôme, Diogenes (1860)
This week, a group of philosophers released an open letter. In light of ties “between philosophers and technology companies producing AI products,” the letter invites “discipline-wide reflection on the norms of rese...
Why is Your Talk So Bad?
I love attending good talks. It’s one of my favorite things. There’s also little I dislike more than attending bad talks. My mind wanders; it takes a herculean effort to maintain focus. If the talk is boring, I will absolutely pull out my p...
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