1/2 Why AI is unlikely to become conscious – my 2026 TED talk is now online. What do you think about the prospects for 'conscious AI'? www.ted.com/talks/anil_s...
José González
@josegonzalezmusic.bsky.social
I play guitar and sing. New album out March 27th. 🔸10% Pledger. Excited about #SecularHumanism #EcoModernism #EffectiveAltruism . 🔗 https://josegonzalez.os.fan
Not all ways of helping are equal. In the latest episode of “Lives Well Lived”, we speak with Will MacAskill about why effectiveness matters when we try to do good. He points out that donating to a highly effective organisation can do “hundreds or even thousands of times as much good,” and...
MIT professor and AI researcher Max Tegmark: 95% of Americans don't want an unregulated race to superintelligence. He says it'd be a huge mistake to assume that just because we can build a species to replace us that we will. We should talk to lawmakers and prevent it.
Very pleased to speak (again) to Sam Harris on his Making Sense podcast this week, about what technology is doing to us, and a host of other topics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbUG...
What Is Technology Doing to Us?
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Will MacAskill and Toby Ord were the key figures in starting the Effective Altruism movement, nearly 20 years ago. Today, EA is continuing to transform philanthropy, saving lives and reducing suffering. But the movement has also encountered problems and pushback.
Statement from Max Tegmark, Founder and Chair of the Future of Life Institute, in the aftermath of Anthropic refusing the Department of War's ultimatum: 🧵1/7
‼️📝 Our new AI Safety Index is out! ➡️ Following our 2024 index, 6 independent AI experts rated leading AI companies - OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google DeepMind, xAI, DeepSeek, and Zhipu AI - across critical safety and security domains. So what were the results? 🧵👇
AI companies are racing to build superintelligent AI, despite its many risks. Let's take our future back. 📝 Sign the Superintelligence Statement and join the growing call to ban the development of superintelligence, until it can be made safely: superintelligence-statement.org #KeepTheFutureHuman
The share of people who identify as religious has fallen across many Western countries— Debates over whether religion is booming or dying are common. What does the data say?
Against The Dying Of The Light Watch the full video directed by Fredrik Egerstrand youtu.be/K9krPYK6JWM
José González - Against the Dying of the Light (Official Music Video)
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I’m excited to share that my new album, Against The Dying Of The Light, will be released on Friday, March 27th. JoseGonzalez.lnk.to/ATDOTLTw Pre-order via the link in bio.
