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statistics (54) COVID-19 (53) Bay Area (18) public health (16) epidemiology (8) government policy (7) pandemic response (5)

Coronalinks 3/19/20

Scott Alexander provides updates and speculations on various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including case estimates, strategies, medical issues, and societal responses.

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Mar 19, 2020 3,668 words 0 likes 705 comments Listen · 25 min Read Read
AI risk (46) bad science (30) risk assessment (14) capitalism (12) Silicon Valley (12) critique (5)

Maybe The Real Superintelligent AI Is Extremely Smart Computers

Scott Alexander criticizes Ted Chiang's article that compares AI risk to capitalism, arguing that the analogy is flawed and the reasoning behind it is unsound.

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Jan 15, 2018 1,736 words 0 likes 362 comments Listen · 13 min Read Read
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