Parkinson’s Law of Worry
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“Path to Victory”
This article is based on reflections from co-leading the Sydney AI Safety Fellowship. This post…
Tracking (Expert/Influential) Predictions about AI
I think the future of AI is really important, and it would be pretty good…
Bluesky leans into AI with Attie, an app for building custom feeds
Bluesky’s new app Attie uses AI to help people build custom feeds the open social…
The Skill of Using AI Agents Well
AI usage for this post: I wrote the draft on my own. While writing, I…
Heedfulness Workouts
We all know we ought not to doomscroll, or to make snarky comments, or to…
Stanford study outlines dangers of asking AI chatbots for personal advice
While there’s been plenty of debate about AI sycophancy, a new study by Stanford computer…
How to Do the Marquette Method, a Basic Guide (crosspost)
All my previous posts on here have only been ACX meetup notices (if you're in…
[Story] Human Alignment Isn’t Enough
They found it in one of the early Mars expeditions, a bit after they had…
Don’t Overdose Locally Beneficial Changes
[Alternative title: apply More Dakka incrementally and carefully.]If you are very overweight, then you should…