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Effective Altruism and the Human Mind (with Lucius Caviola) is available for free at: https://academic.oup.com/book/56384 For physical and audiobook versions, see: https://stefanschubert.substack.com/p/physical-and-audiobook-versions-of
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Many are asking "if AI will destroy jobs, what new kinds of jobs will it create?" I think this question is often based on the naive assumption that the number of jobs in existing professions is fixed. Restaurant jobs aren't "new" yet have seen a lot of growth in the Internet era.

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British universities got by far the most European Research Council grants in data published today. They were especially dominant in the social sciences and humanities, with >30% of grants. Universities in the former communist countries continue to lag behind. erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

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Fin Moorhouse interviews @tobyord.bsky.social about the future of AI and the risks it involves. Clear and illuminating. pnc.st/s/forecast/5...

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Yesterday I spoke to a Catholic priest who had been rejected from a Swedish university because his grades were in Latin (!) and there was no authorised translator to be found in Sweden. Example of the overly rigid Swedish admission system. (He has a PhD so is clearly qualified.)

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New funding for UK progress/pro-science projects

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guy who's on social media to save the climate

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"(i) thousands of new constructs and measures are published each year (ii) most measures are used very few times, and (iii) there is no trend towards consensus or standardization in the use of constructs and measures"

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The fall and rise of inheritance flows

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I like Scott Alexander's series of posts on the norms of argumentation. I very much agree with this. I find it really annoying when people refuse to concede in this way. www.astralcodexten.com/p/but-vs-yes...

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Many people complain about management consultants as shallow sellers of platitudes, but that's not my impression. I know several people who went from philosophy to top consultancies, and they are without exception really impressive. (Also, they liked it.)

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This o3 analysis cited by Marginal Revolution seems like a big overestimate. In particular, I think it hugely underrates the "deployment friction" (which is part of why o3 has in fact not replaced all these tasks). I'm puzzled why this type of analysis is seen as so impressive..

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A colleague just sent me this: an upscale flower shop in Østerbro, Copenhagen—no staff, just grab what you want and pay on your own. That's the definition of a high-trust society right there!

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Top-tier sophistry

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Really interesting, very in-depth on how open science and replication efforts were funded and gradually grew more influential. Great example of what thoughtful philanthropy can accomplish. goodscience.substack.com/p/metascienc...

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There's an important difference between students using AI and people using AI as part of their regular jobs. Students need to demonstrate they personally know the material, whereas workers just need to get the job done in some way or another. And marking is a (part of a) regular job.

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