~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (13)
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*Who's Afraid of Gender?* - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the title of the new Judith Butler book, focusing mostly on trans issues. To...
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*Star Maker*, by Olaf Stapledon - Marginal REVOLUTION
Nnow though it was generally assumed in intellectual circles that the best was yet to be,...
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Claude 3 Opus and AGI - Marginal REVOLUTION
As many MR readers will know, I don’t think the concept of AGI is especially well-defined. ...
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GPT as ethical advisor - Marginal REVOLUTION
This study investigates the efficacy of an AI-based ethical advisor using the GPT-4 model. Drawing from...
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John Stuart Mill on women, as explained by TC - Marginal REVOLUTION
It’s interesting to think of Mill’s argument as it relates to Hayek. So Mill is arguing...
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Zvi Mowshowitz covers my podcast with Dwarkesh Patel - Marginal REVOLUTION
It is very long, very detailed, and very good. Interesting throughout! Excerpt: Dealing with the third...
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What should I ask Marilynne Robinson? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Yes I will be doing a Conversation with her. Here is from Wikipedia: Marilynne Summers Robinson (born...
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Social improvements that don't create countervailing negative forces - Marginal REVOLUTION
Let us say you favor policy X, and take steps to see that policy X comes...
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Settembrini and the continuing relevance of classical liberalism - Marginal REVOLUTION
Adrian Wooldridge has an excellent Bloomberg column on this topic, promoting the relevance of Thomas Mann,...
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Tyler Cowen on Undertone podcast - Marginal REVOLUTION
New episode with @tylercowen. We talk about Tyler's implicit theology, literature in translation, Jonathan Swift, Peter...
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Are chatbots better than we are? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Maybe so: We administer a Turing Test to AI Chatbots. We examine how Chatbots behave in...
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*Molly* - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the new book by Blake Butler, a memoir. It is no spoiler to tell...
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Weird anecdotes about philosophers connected to Oxford - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is one: McTaggart wore his eccentricities with pride. He rode a tricycle. He walked “with...