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"If you’re a power that is an island and that goes by sea, then you’re more likely to do things... more
"You don’t necessarily need world-leading compute to create highly risky AI systems. The biggest biological design tools right now, like... more
"Ring one: total annihilation; no cellular life remains. Ring two, another three-mile diameter out: everything is ablaze. Ring three, another... more
This is the second part of our marathon interview with Carl Shulman. The first episode is on the economy and... more
This is the first part of our marathon interview with Carl Shulman. The second episode is on government and society... more
"One of the most amazing things about planet Earth is that there are complex bags of mostly water — you... more
"You can’t charge what something is worth during a pandemic. So we estimated that the value of one course of... more
"Suppose we make these grants, we do some of those experiments I talk about. We discover, for example — I’m... more
"Earth economists, when they measure how bad the potential for exploitation is, they look at things like, how is labour... more
"I work in a place called Uttar Pradesh, which is a state in India with 240 million people. One in... more
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