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At what point should we be testing both sides for mind viruses?

This did not age well. x.com/naval/status/1…

This is the sort of nonsense that destroys people's interest in the social sciences, and lends credence to skepticism of the field. "Surprisingly, only two participants spontaneously listed “influencer” as their desired profession when asked in an open-ended format." 2, out of

She's as much a social scientist as Stupple is a philosopher.

Remind me again of the timeframe to the singularity...

So... we DO want them all in school, in rows, quietly listening to teachers, but only if we give them a savings account? That would have them smiling, 👍, wearing backpacks in front of the chalkboard? 🤷‍♂️

Parents often ask me about the best way to engage infants in lap reading - noting, at the very earliest stages, that their babies aren’t always real attentive to books. It’s important, first and foremost, to note that infant attention spans are very short. So know that it’s

This is what deep understanding of a problem looks like.

Ironic how most social media purveyors of AGI/consciousness/mind theories almost universally neglect to include sociality in any of it.

The authors clearly spelled out how it happened. They asked a bunch of people questions that they pre-determined were somehow relevant to each other, then restricted how they could respond to them. And spent absolutely no time studying how people have actually behaved with

Today's timeline in AI and robotics news: - a choreographed routine on America's Got Talent - Disney little buddy robot - a chess match vs Atari - Barbie infused with an LLM. Trying to figure out what this means for the theory that we're close to having machines do all the work

When I said AI should be rebranded as Asocial Intelligence, this is what I meant. medium.com/@brianmmoon/re…

“Follow the methods” is to AI and social science as “follow the money” is to politics. Well, and AI.

Once again, you fail to understand Popper.

Seems like quite a pickle for Deutsch's static/dynamic society theory of history. Are you familiar?

Arnold speaking truth to free learning.

Looking forward to this online session with UK education leaders on Wednesday. But you're welcome to join from wherever you are.

“Our findings caution that AI capabilities alone do not guarantee a safe and effective joint human-AI system. We propose two minimum requirements for evaluating AI in safety-critical settings: (1) empirically measure the performance of people and AI together and (2) examine a

“For Big Tech, mistakes produce financial losses that are more than offset by the financial gains that come from being the first to innovate new capabilities... But this strategy is at odds with safety-critical, complex worlds like aviation.” thebulletin.org/2025/05/the-si…

Yet another reason why your explanation sucks: “Once these mind viruses take hold of one’s neuronal circuitry, the afflicted victim loses the ability to use reason, logic, and science to navigate the world.” So are they actually victims or not?