Joseph Mason

[Joseph Mason @joemasn]

"This question haunts me because I believe we are in the middle of a digital revolution" @tomskitomski @DigitalDWP

[Ian Hogarth @soundboy]

1/ Glad to see major AI labs starting to share their AI Alignment plans. Activity in the last two weeks:

[Benedict Cooney @benedictcooney]

Science and tech policy has some good vibes right now, but there is so much that needs to be done right now to turn this into practical delivery.

Some short reflections on some of the announcements this week.

[Naval @naval]

Time for a “CopyLeft AI Data License” - if this data is used to train an AI model, then the model must open its source code and its weights.

[G Rodrigues @gpriorrodrigues]

Great paper by @annastansbury , Dan Turner and @edballs

https://t.co/UTxIjiVnUK

[Jack Clark @jackclarkSF]

In Washington DC today for the public launch of the National AI Research Resource taskforce report. Taskforce is asking for resources to develop research infrastructure to put academia on a more level playing field with industry. Absolutely crucial.

[Séb Krier @sebkrier]

"Policymakers might assume that all it takes to close the gap is to cobble together ever-bigger domestic or regional champions. But aspirations for a “European cloud” have accomplished little." https://t.co/mPvDMQXtmi

[Dr Anton Howes @antonhowes]

My latest post! On the policies that gave us the Dutch Golden Age, and why England struggled to follow them: https://t.co/QszCXNMXlF

[Ben Southwood @bswud]

An excellent article from @AnnieLowrey on how everything, even bagels, are affected by the housing market. After all, a lot of stuff needs space to happen. https://t.co/pc9al09eDe

[Joseph Mason @joemasn]

@robertcottrell Lucky Saint is pretty great.

[Joseph Mason @joemasn]

And no tweet about DARPA should exist without reference to this excellent summary by @Ben_Reinhardt on why DARPA works so well. https://t.co/7sDSEL9bzz

[Joseph Mason @joemasn]

Interesting ideas for what a DARPA aimed at climate problems could try and solve.

[Adam Marblestone @AdamMarblestone]

Liking the Biden ARPA-C projects... #hope

[Joseph Mason @joemasn]

@Conaw Only the best!

[Max Roser @MaxCRoser]

"Uncertainty about the world doesn’t imply uncertainty about the best course of action."

SlateStarcodex on probabilistic reasoning
https://t.co/hUSic5n76I

[Joseph Mason @joemasn]

@matthewclifford Thanks for the recommendation - I just finished it and loved it. I may start capitalising Important Themes in all my writing from now on.

[Joseph Mason @joemasn]

@jordnb These are great (coming from a HK resident) - thanks!

[Joseph Mason @joemasn]

Hype House appears to have a very impressive production function.

[Joseph Mason @joemasn]

“The TikTokers have arrived — and everything about TikTok happens faster than it does anywhere else.” TikTok is everywhere in Hong Kong.
https://t.co/cz7NDaPkom

[Joseph Mason @joemasn]

Come for the discussion of process knowledge and Chinese technological development, stay for the brilliant articles on the metaphysical lives of animals. All in @danwwang’s 2019 letter. https://t.co/RDm4j3drtE

[Joseph Mason @joemasn]

@DAaronovitch I've been recommended https://t.co/oObbiA7dWL by multiple people. I've only used it briefly but it transcribed almost perfectly when I did.

[Joseph Mason @joemasn]

@tomrichell I’m looking forward to the first live broadcast on the blockchain...