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Does Steven Pinker Think AI Doom Is Preposterous?

Steven Pinker shared a piece from Claire Lehmann calling hypothetical artificial intelligence doom scenarios preposterous. Scott Alexander challenged Pinker to a debate anywhere and anytime, wagering thousands of dollars on the winner. Pinker declined the offer.

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Macron: “Free Speech Is BS”, France Riots, AI Apocalypse, Aliens & more! ·

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  1. Why Does Macron Call American Free Speech the Opposite?Emmanuel Macron believes American free speech promoted by some people is the opposite of free speech. No freedom exists if no limit applies to freedom.
  2. Why Does Europe Have a Different Concept of Free Speech?Europe has a different concept of free speech.
  3. Why Is Child Safety Used Against Free Speech?Children are used as an excuse to destroy anonymity on the internet and to curb free speech. The idea of child safety is used as a weapon against free speech.
  4. Why Does Anonymity Serve as a Cornerstone of Free Discourse Online?Anonymity is really central to free speech online because age verification or ID verification laws would completely ban anonymity essentially.
  5. Why Hide Identity Checks Behind Child Safety?A morally righteous child-safety cause is often used to Trojan horse identity verification onto the internet.
  6. Why Did French Student Walkouts Turn Into Riots?The French riots broke out at the end of September. They began in the suburbs with a teacher walkout that students joined, protesting bad conditions in schools.
  7. Why Does AI Change Views on Human Longevity?Artificial intelligence changes views on human longevity because the technology will lead to incredible breakthroughs.
  8. How Does Repeated Breeding Harm Dogs on Skid Row?One dog on Skid Row had been bred several times within a year and was badly injured. Litters of puppies were sold to people on Skid Row for drugs.
  9. Why Does Downtown Los Angeles Fail to Revive Despite Major Efforts?Downtown Los Angeles failed to revive after 15 to 20 years of effort with Soho House and Ace Hotel because Los Angeles is not really a fundamentally walkable…
  10. Does the Paperclip Maximizer Explain Missing Aliens?Mike Solana's spin on Fermi's paradox challenges Nick Bostrom's paperclip maximizer.
  11. Is Superintelligence Evidence for the Great Filter?Geoffrey Miller and other people introduce superintelligence as evidence for the great filter.
  12. How Does the Rare Earth Answer Explain Fermi's Paradox?The rare earth answer suggests earth just happens to be an exceptionally favorable combination of environmental factors.

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