www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbwu... Dystopian country the US is becoming…

So— just attended a fab talk about 'AI Gossip' by @joelkrueger.com. Joel, I hope you get to see this! Did some more jailbreaking of ChatGPT and got it to say some pretty mean gossip-y stuff about @kevinroose.com... in fact, it got pretty out of hand. It told me I wasn't safe— see below!

I don't think the Dems can stop the firings. But why aren't they proposing legislation that assures those that took the buyout get paid , and that all that are fired, get at least a year severance and health benefits? And any one with a health condition is covered the entire time they are sick?

Just read an article on whether reading makes you happier. This idea has fascinated me for years. I believe in bibliotherapy—books as a way to heal and process emotions. Relatedly, next week I'm up to something SUPER exciting... Watch. This. Space.

Here is a new discussion paper on whether AI systems can have free will. It sketches an application of my account of free will (from "Why free will is real", 2019) to the case of AI and asks what it would take for an AI system to have free will on that account. philpapers.org/archive/LISC...