Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist community
News discussed:
Crazy Trump judge issued an injunction against government talking to social media companies
ONE WEIRD TRICK! - Wisconsin gov used line-item veto to rewrite law to guarantee education funding for 400 years
Apparently they do this all the time
UK Online Safety Bill requires backdoor in all encryption
Apple, Signal, Wikipedia all likely to pull out of UK if it passes
OpenAI committed 20% of secured compute and a new taskforce to solve alignment in four years.
Eliezer speaks to Rep Dan Crenshaw
Robots at a Geneva AI forum promise they won’t steal jobs or rebel against humans.
1% of the population is responsible for almost 2/3rds of all violent crime
Happy News!
Super white paint on 2% of Earth could stop climate change
China has automated trucking - 40M km over 2 years, no accidents, used by Budweiser, Nestlé
Canada vastly expanded its immigration system
A flying car prototype just got an airworthiness certificate from the FAA
Video on site not of the Model A!
Here’s what it actually looks like.
Largest ever fusion rocket engine is now being built in the UK
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has tested a flow battery
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