AI Snake Oil

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Is AI progress slowing down?

We Looked at 78 Election Deepfakes. Political Misinformation is not an AI Problem.

Does the UK’s liver transplant matching algorithm systematically exclude younger patients?

AI Snake Oil: Exercises and discussion prompts

FAQ about the book and our writing process

Can AI automate computational reproducibility?

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AI companies are pivoting from creating gods to building products. Good.

AI existential risk probabilities are too unreliable to inform policy

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New paper: AI agents that matter

AI scaling myths

Scientists should use AI as a tool, not an oracle

AI leaderboards are no longer useful. It's time to switch to Pareto curves.

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Tech policy is only frustrating 90% of the time

AI safety is not a model property

A safe harbor for AI evaluation and red teaming

On the Societal Impact of Open Foundation Models

Will AI transform law?

Generative AI’s end-run around copyright won’t be resolved by the courts

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