Joseph Fridman
@joseph_fridman
mr. @fmheclimate | comms @Convergent_FROs | opinions mine | @cunylaw ‘26 | @the_line_edit | @TellurideAssoc | @bbsjournal | @RU_SMLR exec fellow
"The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy." - Alex Carey
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There's so much handwaving about how "AI will cure cancer" or "AI will revolution science" What we need are more specific, actionable ideas for how AI could accelerate science & security Dropping next week: @IFP will publish 15 "AI for science" ideas from experts.
best one in a while
Mark Zuckerberg on spinning off Instagram, Facebook's strategy tax, antitrust regulation, brand erosion, and network collapse May 3, 2018
Mapping the off-target effects of every FDA-approved drug in existence (EvE Bio) 6.2k words, 29 minutes reading time owlposting.com/p/mapping-the-… this is a very long essay over @EvEBiotech, a data collection effort that you should know about (it's associated w/ @Convergent_FROs!)
Big day for all of us in the “can I tell you about FROs” community.
FROs are now in US National Policy!
It's FRappening
Today the @WhiteHouse released America’s AI Action Plan to win the global race. We need to OUT-INNOVATE our competitors, BUILD AI & energy infrastructure, & EXPORT American AI around the world. Visit AI.gov
Do you work on alt proteins or in a related space and are you in NYC on July 29? Would you like to help @RenPhil21 and @metaculus try out cool forecasting things? Please DM me! @celloMolly
spicy
Each of our bimonthly HTS data releases reveals previously unknown drug/off-target interactions, but some, like this snippet from last week's Release 5, showing that capsaicin is a highly selective agonist for the orphan nuclear receptor, ESRRB, deserves special note. 🧵 1/4 🧪
Each of our bimonthly HTS data releases reveals previously unknown drug/off-target interactions, but some, like this snippet from last week's Release 5, showing that capsaicin is a highly selective agonist for the orphan nuclear receptor, ESRRB, deserves special note. 🧵 1/4 🧪
onesec, clearspace, freedom, etc. - doesn't have to be like this!
ahhhh yes good morning let’s open up the Infinite Information River for a nice 20 minutes before getting out of bed or thinking any original thoughts at all
“How do we get beyond this obvious worse-than-social-feeds market failure without even worse surveillance and paternalism?”
so many behavioral scientists around the world that could work at these labs and help them not build delusion-reinforcers. as the systems get powerful, so will the number of people in your life who slip into these patterns. i’ve had loved ones already be very-not-helped by…
"Andrew Solomon, in his recent book “Far from the Tree,” writes, in a discussion about how parents cope with children who have killed, “There’s a fine line between heroic love and willful blindness.” Parental denial may be driven by compassion, Solomon argues, but it can also be…
Asterisk is launching an AI blogging fellowship! We're looking for people with unique perspectives on AI who want to take the first step to writing in public. We'll help you build a blog — and provide editorial feedback, mentorship from leading bloggers, a platform, & $1K
"Shrapnel is designed to go through cement, and what it does to a child’s body is horrific." newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/t…
I'm giving a talk on Tuesday! Come join in person or via Zoom.
📢 We’re back! After a short break, our seminar series returns with an amazing lineup of speakers in plan. 🎉 First up NEXT WEEK (07/15): @NikoMcCarty, Founding Editor @AsimovPress.
"It would be folly to set up a program under which research in the natural sciences and medicine was expanded at the cost of the social sciences, humanities, and other studies so essential to national wellbeing."