Emma McAleavy retweetledi
1/ Did @OpenAI just break California’s new AI safety law?
The answer appears to be yes, and OpenAI could owe millions in fines. 🧵
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Emma McAleavy
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Emma McAleavy
@elmcaleavy
Growing the progress studies talent pipeline with @rootsofprogress. Formerly @indexcoop, @nytimes, @fulbrightprgrm, @Microsoft
Katılım Mart 2022
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Emma McAleavy retweetledi
This is some really great analysis of the airline industry by @AndrewMillerYYZ. And his Substack in general is consistently solid- definitely worth subscribing to.
open.substack.com/pub/changingla…
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Emma McAleavy retweetledi
Smart people keep confidently declaring what AI can't do, and they keep being wrong.
This NYT Op-Ed calls judgment "a uniquely human skill" that "cannot be automated." But AI can already do what he claims it can't. I've tested it.
If it were just one Op-Ed, I wouldn’t care, but this pattern is everywhere: confident claims about what AI “can never” do, and half the time AI can already do it, or there's no reason it won't be able to soon.
Why do these claims keep getting made? I see three reasons:
1. People aren't using frontier models. They see a weak output and blame "AI" when their model is just outdated.
2. People use AI in flawed ways (missing context, bad prompts), then attribute the flaw to AI itself.
3. People _badly_ want there to be some skill that AI can't match, and so they wishcast that into existence.
I think the Op-Ed is wrong about AI's abilities. But it does prompt a good question: Where should humans stay responsible, even when AI judgment is good enough?
I go deeper on all of this below.
Noam Brown@polynoamial
1987: AI can't win at chess—planning is uniquely human 1997: AI can't win at Go—intuition is uniquely human 2016: AI can't win at poker—bluffing is uniquely human 2023: AI can't get IMO gold—reasoning is uniquely human 2026: AI can't make wise decisions—judgment is uniquely human
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Emma McAleavy retweetledi
Tonight's the night! We kick off our @interintellect_ salon on The Odyssey. I wrote about why I decided to host and why you should join. The short answer, to paraphrase @HenryEOliver, "don't die without reading The Odyssey. It's not worth it."
grantmulligan.com/p/the-odyssey
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I've felt pretty shaken by the stories of ChatGPT psychosis and other chatbots-gone-wrong.
If we want to understand the trends, there's more that AI companies can be doing.
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Emma McAleavy retweetledi
Asterisk is launching an AI blogging fellowship!
We're looking for people with unique perspectives on AI who want to take the first step to writing in public. We'll help you build a blog — and provide editorial feedback, mentorship from leading bloggers, a platform, & $1K
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It's once again an embarrassment of riches with this year's Roots of Progress fellows. So many thoughtful, curious, brilliant, kind and passionate people.
I can't wait to read all the writing they'll be publishing in the coming months!
Roots of Progress Institute@rootsofprogress
We’re thrilled to introduce our third cohort of 2025 Blog-Build Intensive Fellows!
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Emma McAleavy retweetledi
I’m excited to be hosting an @interintellect_ Reading Club on A Sand County Almanac next month!
Worth reading for its lovely prose alone, Leopold’s core messages are still hotly debated today.🧵
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@elmcaleavy @Ben_Reinhardt Hi Emma, The Phosphenes have just released a new single about Mars called The Future. Please consider adding it to your 🚀 Progress Studies Songs 🚀 playlist. 🧑🚀👩🚀open.spotify.com/album/4OQeqnUM…
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What is your favorite song that celebrates progress?
I'm compiling a Progress Studies playlist. It feels like it was harder than it should have been to find songs that are both vibe-aligned and topical.
Here's what I have so far (I actually feel pretty good about this list) :
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Applications for the Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive close on June 1st.
We're still accepting agriculture, health/biotech/longevity and general progress applicants!
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Emma McAleavy retweetledi
Finally an excuse for a thread of some of my favorite technology and agriculture charts!
#1 - Productivity growth in agriculture has been huge!
Sources: USDA ERS and BEA
Roots of Progress Institute@rootsofprogress
Applications are now open for our third Blog-Building Intensive fellowship! This year we've added an agriculture track. Are you thinking deeply about ag innovation and progress? This might be for you.
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Emma McAleavy retweetledi
Interested in writing about agriculture and innovation? Apply for this awesome fellowship. Your Truly, along with others, would mentor you! @jasoncrawford
Roots of Progress Institute@rootsofprogress
Applications are now open for our third Blog-Building Intensive fellowship! This year we've added an agriculture track. Are you thinking deeply about ag innovation and progress? This might be for you.
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@elmcaleavy If you ever give NY another try, use this guide: tyleralterman.notion.site/Tyler-s-guide-…
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As a fourth generation Californian, I don't relate to this at all.
But as someone who moved to NYC at 25 with stars in my eyes and crowed unironically about the "energy" of the city before burning out.... this is very relatable.
Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply@TylerAlterman
Let's talk about California, one the the greatest spiritual hazards for my demographic Here is the pattern I see. You can call it the California Curse or maybe the California Boomerang: 🧵
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This is true. California does have a lot of cults.
Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply@TylerAlterman
e. Cults Beware! They are pervasive! and not always obvious. (A lot of the tech & film companies behave like cults – charismatic leaders demanding your ideological alignment and your free time)
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This is very funny. I mean that people still do this. This is what my parents did. I had to go to a Catholic University to rebel against the ecstatic dance of it all.
Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply@TylerAlterman
c. Spiritual hedonism Escaping reality & leaving your people behind to have your entire life become about ecstatic dance, conscious sexuality, psychedelic ceremonies, festivals, nature worship etc (minus escapism, these are all good things)
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Emma McAleavy retweetledi
Every year we do a couple of themed tracks for the @rootsofprogress writers fellowship
This year one of them is agriculture—a topic crucial to human progress, but not one with enough good progress writing. Please apply if you have an obsession with agricultural progress!
Roots of Progress Institute@rootsofprogress
Applications are now open for our third Blog-Building Intensive fellowship! This year we've added an agriculture track. Are you thinking deeply about ag innovation and progress? This might be for you.
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We're looking for agriculture progress writers/thinkers.
Are you writing about: climate adaptation in agriculture, on-farm data & precision ag, lab-grown meat innovation, land sparing vs. sharing debates
smart safety regulations? Something else?
We want to hear from you!
Roots of Progress Institute@rootsofprogress
Applications are now open for our third Blog-Building Intensive fellowship! This year we've added an agriculture track. Are you thinking deeply about ag innovation and progress? This might be for you.
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