Tyler Cowen
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The optimal Bayesian update?
I see at least three updates one might make from the recent OAI/Hugging Face hacking incident: 1.
What I’ve been reading
1. Christopher Priest and Nina Allan, The Illuminated Man: Life, Death and the Worlds of J. G. Ballard.
My excellent Conversation with Andrew Graham-Dixon
Here is the audio, video, and transcript.
Alec Stapp on the new Science report from Michael Kratsios
Major new report from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Five things in the report I really liked: 1.
Solve for the equilibrium
Something that the Ukraine and Iran wars have taught me is that for a lot of countries, including very big countries, there are a small number of buildings and infrastructure components that are…
Brazil fact of the day
Last year, the US exported $171bn of agricultural goods according to the Department of Agriculture, just $2bn more than the export total claimed by Brazil, which many analysts say has benefited from…
Betting markets in everything
Alan and Karen Miller’s first dance was a win-or-lose moment for many of their wedding guests. As the couple glided across the floor during their reception in New Rochelle, N.
Wednesday assorted links
1. Balaji and Network State moving to Kazakhstan. 2. Why evolvable AI is not yet a Darwinian threat. 3.
Andrew Graham-Dixon on Vermeer, a Forgotten Sect, and Underrated Artists
Andrew Graham-Dixon’s new book, Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found, rests on the conviction that you cannot understand…