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The inclusion of Syria on the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism list is important leverage the U.S. should not give up easily
What critics get wrong about Cormac McCarthy’s classic novel and its film adaptation
From Nick Caputo: NEW paper from me on SSRN: Can Claude consent to its own Constitution? AI constitutions (like Claude’s Constitution and the OpenAI Model Spec) are real constitutions, and we need to take how they govern us – and the AIs they create – seriously. In this paper, I apply constitutional theory’s oldest paradox […] The post Can AI models consent to their own constitutions? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related StoriesThe Troubled History of Government Equity in Technology...
From Zigmund Forrest and Maxwell Tabarrok in Works in Progress: In total, around eight percent of the land in America’s major coastal cities was underwater in the 1890s and has since been reclaimed. This includes the land under several major airports, like Newark, Logan, and SFO, as well as neighborhoods like the Financial District in […] The post Why we stopped making land appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related StoriesRent Control: The Ceiling TrapWhat should I ask Liaquat Ahamed?How...
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The republic was not forged in 1776 – it was born from slavery, suffering and tragedy
Every year on the Fourth of July, we gather. We watch fireworks light the sky, we wave flags, and we celebrate the birth of a nation built on an extraordinary idea that freedom is worth fighting for. But honoring that freedom requires more than a backyard barbecue. It requires memory with purpose. Like many Americans, […]
Yascha Mounk and Arvind Narayanan discuss why the real transformation from AI will take decades rather than months—and what that means for how we should prepare
Even if the vice-president is a Christian, he's still a jerk