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Distance and direction matter as much as velocity for AI timelines. xmbrst.substack.com/p/distance-and…

If “not fucking around” was a Dog

Automated, targeted disenfranchisement: ontic-substrate.ghost.io/the-real-digit…

99% of Americans with 401ks are forced to invest in oil and gas companies. Join our virtual march to get Wall Street to give everyone retirement options that don't prop up big oil: RetireBigOil.org #RetireBigOil

@BrianLehrer @RepSherrill @WNYC If McCarthy is dismissed, can anyone nominate a candidate replacement? If the Problem Solvers nominated a Republican and all 31 Problem Solver Republicans voted for them, how plausible is it that the required 187 Democrats would vote for this moderate candidate?

Up first: Tuesday morning politics, with NJ's @RepSherrill. Hear the Congresswoman's take on the averted shutdown, childcare, the economy, and her call for NJ Sen. Bob Menendez to step down after being indicted on bribery charges Listen LIVE on @WNYC wnyc.org/radio

@BrianLehrer @kadiagoba: Is it conceivable that a Republican to the left of McCarthy (maybe a Problem Solver) could be elected Speaker with the support of Democrats and moderate Republicans?

@Kiskadee7 @BrianLehrer @imkahloon @NYTpatrick @JenSeniorNY @WNYC I was surprised that @BrianLehrer represented the science as "just one side" in the debate, and that he didn't ask about the science himself.

@BrianLehrer @imkahloon @NYTpatrick @JenSeniorNY @WNYC Hooray! Finally a scientific response about the release of the water from Indian Point! Opinions & fear on one side, science & facts on the other.

Today: - @imkahloon on the latest national politics headlines, - @NYTpatrick on a plan to dump Indian Point's nuclear waste into the Hudson, - @JenSeniorNY on institutionalizing those with disabilities Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @WNYC.org

@BrianLehrer @SusanShirk1 Re tariffs: wouldn't a "free trade only for the free world" policy be good both for workers and for democracy?

NOW: @SusanShirk1 shares her analysis of what some are calling a new cold war between the US and China, as officials in both countries trade barbs. wnyc.org/radio/

You can have a paring knife, and you can have a peeler. I don't know what kind of BS a #parer is.  An occupation? A 19th century contraption? Definitely not a #wordle.

Check out the actual bill containing the new climate measures: democrats.senate.gov/inflation-redu…

Another way to put this: this is huge. It's likely the energy package do about 2/3 to 3/4 of the additional emissions reductions (1.2b tons/year) REPEATProject.org estimates we need to reach out climate commitment of 50% below peak (2005) emissions levels.

@cajundiscordian @_RobToews It usefully dismisses the dismissals, but, like every other treatment I've seen, ignores scientific theories of consciousness (integrated information theory et al).

Good article but it's false that we can only judge an AI's sentience "by what it can do." Scientific theories of consciousness like IIT offer tools for judging a system's sentience by its structure. forbes.com/sites/robtoews…

@BrianLehrer @SominiSengupta @WNYC Nuclear is clean and methane is not. Is anyone in Europe proposing labeling *only* nuclear green?

Live NOW: What went into the EU's decision to classify nuclear and natural gas as "green" energy amid a potential fuel crisis, and what does it mean for the future of Europe's climate change efforts? @SominiSengupta joins to explain LISTEN on @WNYC wnyc.org/radio

61% of Americans support codifying Roe v. Wade into law. But thanks to the filibuster, 41 Senate Republicans representing just 21% of the country can block it. This is not how democracy is supposed to work.

@_drbruced Sentience is distinct from language understanding. We should expect Turing tests like this to have both low precision and low recall.

No, Your Kids Are Not Doomed. nyti.ms/3tfVKkr Thank you @ezraklein for putting words to this and answering a challenging question I've received myself numerous times. And to @DrKateMarvel @dwallacewells @leahstokes & @hausfath for your voices and actions and examples.

It has been one week since the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. In response, a dark-money group from Missouri launched a "Woke Heat Map" so that fascists can "fight back" against a "woke agenda." Twelve locations are tagged. All of them are schools. 🧵

@BrianLehrer @gillibrandny @WNYC Senator, if a big BBB bill isn't going to happen, do you think a scaled back, climate-only version is a good way to salvage something? Also, is there any way we can help Poland electrify their heating systems before winter?

NOW: Call Your Senator, with Sen. @gillibrandny. We'll get updates from Congress, plus details on a plan to regulate cryptocurrency & the Senator's recent trip overseas to meet with foreign leaders on Ukraine and other international issues LIVE on @WNYC wnyc.org/radio

@BrianLehrer @anneapplebaum @WNYC @anneapplebaum, when oligarchs start trying to replicate FOX in Europe and Russia woos the GOP, are we witnessing the globalization of kleptocracy, and if so can we really deal with the problem by punishing individual nations?

Up next: @anneapplebaum explains how to nurture democracy around the globe in the face of Putin's assault on Ukraine, and what could happen if we don't. Listen LIVE on @WNYC