Distinguishing Catastrophe from Extinction in AI Policy
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Exformation

Distinguishing Catastrophe from Extinction in AI Policy

I walk through the probabilities of AI extinction and catastrophe. It isn’t as bleak as you might think.

The Political Backlash to Data Centers
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The American Enterprise

The Political Backlash to Data Centers

What changed this year is that communities now frame data centers around questions about who gets to decide, whose promises count, and whose authority to trust. Not surprisingly, data centers…

Adam Smith’s Warning for America’s New Socialists
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National Review

Adam Smith’s Warning for America’s New Socialists

Today’s leftists make the mistake of assuming politicians can rearrange our economic outcomes.

Why Trump v. Slaughter won’t scare off AI investment
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The Washington Examiner

Why Trump v. Slaughter won’t scare off AI investment

For more than two centuries, the U.S. has attracted investment not because any single regulator kept their job, but because no single institution could easily rewrite the rules on its…

In the Chip War, Export Bans Have Worked. But We’re Still Losing Ground
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The National Interest

In the Chip War, Export Bans Have Worked. But We’re Still Losing Ground

Export controls have slowed China’s semiconductor ambitions, but older chipmaking equipment is enabling Beijing to narrow the AI hardware gap.

Notice of Availability of the 11th National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program:1st Analysis and Proposal
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Notice of Availability of the 11th National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program:1st Analysis and Proposal

Summary: A number of comments on the BOEM proposed OCS leasing program oppose the proposal on “climate” grounds, that is, on the purported adverse effects of the greenhouse gas emissions…

Comment to the Environmental Protection Agency: Visibility Protection: Regional Haze State Plan Requirements Rule Revision
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Comment to the Environmental Protection Agency: Visibility Protection: Regional Haze State Plan Requirements Rule Revision

Summary: The federal Regional Haze Program should be repealed or at a minimum scaled back dramatically so as to return haze policies to the states as reflected in their respective…

The Twitter Electorate Isn’t the Real Electors
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The Dispatch

The Twitter Electorate Isn’t the Real Electors

Over the past few years, I have watched my parents, family, and friends retreat from online spaces. They used to comment on political issues online; now they just lurk. So…