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On Wanting What You Want to Want
I always thought I would eventually get into classical music because my Dad loves classical music and I love my Dad and I knew I could share more of his…
Jan 26
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On Resolving
Over the past few weeks, I have seen plenty of content to the effect: Don’t set New Year's Resolutions [they don’t work, you’ll fail and it will make…
Jan 26
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March 2023
Potential employees have a unique lever to influence the behaviors of AI labs
People who have received and are considering an offer from an AI lab are in a uniquely good spot to influence the actions of that lab. People who care…
Mar 18, 2023
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You are a god who is slacking
To say that the zeitgeist in the Bay is optimistic is true but misleading. It is optimistic, but in a more challenging and fundamental sense. This…
Mar 7, 2023
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Turn left to Eden
And they had all seen the end. Everything flashing dark, sometimes the edges disappeared, everything disintegrating in seconds, like a screen fizzling…
Mar 5, 2023
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February 2023
Being deep fried alive: On Sydney, Sentience, and Fish
Today my twitter feed was filled with people freaking out about “Sydney” the bing chat bot that was behaving bizarrely: claiming to feel things (to be…
Feb 16, 2023
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January 2023
The Case Against Sunscreen
or why the skincare girls might be inadvertently raising your cancer risk
Jan 16, 2023
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December 2022
Periods are Optional
Most people agree that the invention of birth control was a huge deal. Less appreciated is how birth control opened the door to eliminating periods. For…
Dec 29, 2022
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Canary in the Coalmine: Artists and Image Generators
In the past few days, artists have started protesting image generation models like Stable Diffusion and Dall-E. The root of their ire is that these…
Dec 20, 2022
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Six Changes to my Worldview
I was reflecting recently on how my worldview has changed considerably over the past few years. The list of changes below is non exhaustive, and I…
Dec 17, 2022
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Age and Intellectual Accomplishments
I told my partner that famed poet Edna St. Vincent Millay didn’t graduate college until 25, [1] so there was still hope for a late bloomer like me (I…
Dec 13, 2022
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Things could be better than they are: Taxes
Filing taxes is an absolutely perverse activity: it’s confusing, time consuming, unenjoyable, and the money and time spent on it feels absolutely…
Dec 9, 2022
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