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Fire your team and hire AI employees?

What one wants is to be able to talk with a diverse club of smart people, arrange to do short one-off research projects and simulations, publish papers or capture intellectual property quickly and easily, and move on to another conversation. Quickly. Easily. For a living. Can’t do that in industry. Can’t do that in the Academy. Y

Tozier • Diverse themes observed at GECCO 2006 | Notional Slurry

High-quality access to information : social technologies that help people form high-quality opinions about important topics in an adversarial environment. I personally am bullish on prediction markets and Community Notes; you may have a different take on the solutions, but the point is that this topic is important.

Vitalik Buterin • Against Choosing Your Political Allegiances Based on Who Is "Pro-Crypto"

Who do "people-who-study-people" think is the best role model? I know @WilliamGreen72 has talked about Arnold Van Den Berg. @FoundersPodcast has called Ed Thorp his "personal blueprint." Who else?

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Rethink Priorities

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The highest signal I’ve found is in these two videos from Anthropic - https://t.co/Mr9hBvOhUQ https://t.co/1G1PI3RoFA especially... See more

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Unique interview questions:1) What tabs are currently open on your browser right now? Engaging this question will give you an idea of how they manage their ideas consumption.2) Which conspiracy theory do you think is plausible? Regardless of the truth, it shows that the candidate is curious and capable of thinking outside the box.3) How ambitious a... See more

Tyler Cowen • Modern Wisdom: #482 - Tyler Cowen - The Secret To Finding Great Talent

We also cover some of Chris’ personal passions over the years, including his attempts to reduce what he calls ‘research debt’ by starting a new academic journal called Distill, focused just on explaining existing results unusually clearly.

Robert Wiblin • Chris Olah on working at top AI labs without an undergrad degree

When Erwann works with national governments to create their risk management strategies, he suggests they start by asking five questions: (1) What risks do we face and where? (2) What assets and populations are exposed and to what degree? (3) How vulnerable are they? (4) What financial burden do these risks place on individuals, businesses, and the