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It's Not Intelligent If It Always Halts: A Critical Perspective on Current Approaches to AGI

Intelligence requires the ability to explore "trains of thought" that are potentially never-ending. Most current approaches fail at this.

2023-04-05T21:06:49-0700 Life Is Computation 4,000 words

Rated 2023-04-30T22:09:01-0700

Advanced Small Modular Reactors

Advanced small modular reactors (SMRs) offer advantages such as relatively small size, reduced capital investment, ability to be sited in locations not possible for larger nuclear plants, and provisions for incremental power additions.

2019-05-14T08:27:40-0700 INL 2,000 words

Rated 2023-04-30T21:39:24-0700

Small modular reactors produce high levels of nuclear waste

Small modular reactors, long touted as the future of nuclear energy, will actually generate more radioactive waste than conventional nuclear power plants, according to research from Stanford and the University of British Columbia. #Climate Change #Infrastructure

2022-05-30T12:00:11-0700 Stanford News Stanford University 1,000 words

Rated 2023-04-30T08:05:21-0700

The Internet Is Just Investment Banking Now

The internet has always financialized our lives. Web3 just makes that explicit.

2022-02-04T08:19:58-0800 The Atlantic Ian Bogost ($) 6,000 words

Rated 2023-04-30T07:21:13-0700

Nuclear Power Today | Nuclear Energy - World Nuclear Association

Nuclear energy provides about 30% of the world's low carbon electricity. There are about 450 commercial nuclear power reactors operable in 30 countries. #Nuclear power

world nuclear 3,000 words

Rated 2023-04-29T08:48:08-0700

The Real Difference Between European and American Butter

epicurious

Rated 2023-04-28T14:38:16-0700

Fed Slams Its Own Oversight of Silicon Valley Bank in Post-Mortem

The Federal Reserve released hundreds of pages documenting how bank supervision and regulation failed to prevent the lender’s painful collapse. The F.D.I.C. released a separate report on Signature Bank’s failure.

2023-04-28T02:00:15-0700 The New York Times Jeanna Smialek ($) 4,000 words

Rated 2023-04-28T11:15:49-0700

Wrong door, wrong driveway: How US got to shoot first, ask later

The Christian Science Monitor

Rated 2023-04-28T07:44:35-0700

The Endless Battle to Remove Girls Do Porn Videos From Pornhub

vice.com

Rated 2023-04-26T23:07:40-0700

Behind Pornhub’s decade-old moderation problems

The Verge

Rated 2023-04-26T22:56:57-0700

We Need To Decommodify Mental Health Care

noemamag.com

Rated 2023-04-26T22:22:32-0700

Google contractors vote to unionize in historic landslide election

Google-contracted employees of Cognizant voted 41-0 to form a union Wednesday, forming a bargaining unit they hope will negotiate with both companies.

2023-04-26T14:07:53-0700 SFGATE Stephen Council 1,000 words

Rated 2023-04-26T18:58:45-0700

The Unbelievable Zombie Comeback of Analog Computing

WIRED

Rated 2023-04-26T07:28:14-0700

The Battle for the Soul of Buy Nothing

WIRED

Rated 2023-04-26T00:03:53-0700

Why We Keep Guns in the House

The Atlantic

Rated 2023-04-25T23:12:39-0700

Alcohol healthy: the flip-flop on whether it's good for you is to understand—if you know who's behind it.

Slate

Rated 2023-04-25T23:05:45-0700

How Would You Run a 10,000-Year Endowment?

The Diff

Rated 2023-04-24T23:18:09-0700

Kesha: Animal Album Review

Pitchfork

Rated 2023-04-24T22:44:45-0700

Fox News Is Bigger Than Any Host

The Atlantic

Rated 2023-04-24T22:16:52-0700

Dril Is Everyone. More Specifically, He’s a Guy Named Paul.

The Ringer

Rated 2023-04-24T09:49:19-0700

#ReceptioGate and the (absolute) state of academia | Charlotte Gauthier | The Critic Magazine

thecritic.co.uk

Rated 2023-04-23T07:27:58-0700

Explosions Are Great, Actually. - by areoform - 1517 Fund

1517.substack.com

Rated 2023-04-22T15:36:20-0700

The Commission for Stopping Further Improvements

The Roots of Progress

Rated 2023-04-21T16:42:40-0700

Long accused of Native American misappropriation, Boy Scouts ask if it’s time to change

NBC News

Rated 2023-04-20T18:18:58-0700

The internet wants to be fragmented - by Noah Smith

noahpinion.substack.com

Rated 2023-04-20T18:16:38-0700

The Future of Search Is Boutique

Future

Rated 2023-04-20T15:28:40-0700

How an engagement bike changed one couple’s life

The Washington Post

Rated 2023-04-20T08:07:34-0700

90% of My Skills Are Now Worth $0 - by Kent Beck

tidyfirst.substack.com

Rated 2023-04-19T09:37:46-0700

MillerKnoll CEO Andi Owen blasted for 'leave pity city' leaked video

NPR

Rated 2023-04-19T07:51:11-0700

Escorts are the ER Doctors of Relationships

aella.substack.com

Rated 2023-04-19T07:41:19-0700

Misdemeanor Bail

Marginal Revolution

Rated 2023-04-18T22:17:35-0700

I Really Didn’t Want to Go, by Lauren Oyler

Harper's Magazine

Rated 2023-04-18T14:19:45-0700

The 'Dead-Internet Theory' Is Wrong but Feels True

The Atlantic

Rated 2023-04-17T17:38:07-0700

Tim Cook on Shaping the Future of Apple

GQ

Rated 2023-04-17T13:26:16-0700

Richard Montañez didn't actually invent Flamin' Hot Cheetos

Los Angeles Times

Rated 2023-04-17T10:29:47-0700

'Algebra for none' fails in San Francisco

joannejacobs.com

Rated 2023-04-16T17:55:46-0700

Mark Twain's Two Week Stint as a Confederate Soldier

historynet.com

Rated 2023-04-16T16:11:50-0700

Do We Need to Abolish Child Protective Services?

Mother Jones

Rated 2023-04-16T09:46:06-0700

The early days of Linux [LWN.net]

lwn.net

Rated 2023-04-15T16:28:19-0700

Poking around OpenAI.

Irrational Exuberance

Rated 2023-04-14T17:10:35-0700

Trendy “raw water” source under bird’s nest sparks diarrheal outbreak

Ars Technica

Rated 2023-04-14T16:04:46-0700

It’s 10 PM. Do You Know Where Your Cat Is?

Hakai Magazine

Rated 2023-04-13T23:48:52-0700

The Paris Review - The Crane Wife

The Paris Review

Rated 2023-04-13T23:28:56-0700

[Letter from Minneapolis] The Sanctuary

#Homelessness

2020-09-11T13:55:36-0700 Harper's Magazine https://harpers.org/author/wesenzinna/#author 7,000 words

Rated 2023-04-13T19:16:16-0700

Lawyer says man accused of beating ex-S.F. official was pepper sprayed

San Francisco Chronicle

Rated 2023-04-13T08:55:59-0700

Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee — tech exec's alleged killer also worked in tech

Mission Local

Rated 2023-04-13T08:52:35-0700

How does a magician trick other magicians? We went to find out.

nationalgeographic.com

Rated 2023-04-12T17:48:08-0700

As climate change worsens, some people might decide to DIY a solution

#Ocean Geoengineering

Vox

Rated 2023-04-11T16:59:57-0700

How to Beat Roulette: One Gambler Figured It Out and Won Big

Bloomberg

Rated 2023-04-11T08:40:36-0700

The Man Who Built Catan

The New Yorker

Rated 2023-04-11T03:16:40-0700