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In response to recent events at Manifest 2024, I am organizing a fundraiser for the NAACP. Please join me if you are so moved.| Reflective altruism
In response to recent events at Manifest 2024, I am organizing a fundraiser for the NAACP. Please join me if you are so moved.| Reflective altruism
This series discusses the influence of race science on the effective altruism movement and adjacent communities.| Reflective altruism
We're working to promote and ensure the future of Artificial Intelligence for the benefit of all humanity.| www.affuture.org
Hanania is championed by tech moguls and a U.S. senator, but HuffPost found he used a pen name to become an important figure in the “alt-right.”| HuffPost
Improving intelligence & defeating disease...| www.aporiamagazine.com
I’m an IQ realist, all the way. IQ tests aren’t perfect, but they’re an excellent proxy for what ordinary language calls “intelligence.” A massive body of research confirms that IQ predicts not just educational success, but career success. Contrary to critics, IQ tests are not culturally biased; they fairly measure genuine group differences in intelligence. […]| Econlib
Roko’s basilisk is a thought experiment proposed in 2010 by the user Roko on the Less Wrong community blog. Roko used ideas in decision theory to argue that a sufficiently powerful AI agent would have an incentive to torture anyone who imagined the agent but didn't work to bring the agent into existence. The argument was called a "basilisk" --named after the legendary reptile who can cause death with a single glance--because merely hearing the argument would supposedly put you at risk of to...| www.lesswrong.com
The charmed life of Richard Hanania.| The Nation
Sometimes people will say that their politics are based on “common decency” or “treating others well.” Most intelligent observers I imagine roll their eyes at this kind of talk. If you describe your politics or philosophy in a way no one would disagree with, you’re not really saying anything substantive.| www.richardhanania.com
