California's Stealth Campaign to Kneecap AIOct 29
gavin newsom just signed eight bills that effectively turn ai into the most heavily regulated nascent consumer technology in modern history
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Did We Just Discover Microbial Alien Life?
white pill #23 // possibilities of exoplanet K2-18, 3d printing human tissue (in space), mothballed michigan nuclear plant to re-open, cognitive longevity, and more
Brandon Gorrell
Sep 17, 2023
Hey reader, welcome to the 23rd White Pill. This issue features a beachy new exoplanet that maybe (just maybe) harbors microbial alien life, Starship launch #2 updates, a Japanese lunar excursion vehicle the size of a tennis ball, a development in US nuclear that I know you’ll love, the new (potentially) biggest lithium deposit ever found, holoprojectors, heartwarming ChatGPT news, fun stuff at the end, and much much more.
PS last week we teased an interview with Robert Zubrin, founder of the Mars Society. That’s still coming! Next week.
California's Stealth Campaign to Kneecap AI
AI: White Lives Don't MatterOct 24
when prompted with thousands of hypotheticals, most models massively prefer white men (and ice agents) to suffer more than other groups, and only one model was truly egalitarian
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Wikipedia Declares Trump an AuthoritarianOct 10
a single editor repeatedly inserted the same "authoritarian" framing into multiple wikipedia articles, creating an illusion of consensus and shaping the record that now informs chatgpt and google
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