We're thrilled to announce the addition of Dean W. Ball as Senior Fellow, where he will focus on artificial intelligence policy, as well as developing novel governance models for emerging technologies. Read our full announcement in the link below.

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Very excited to have Dean (re)-join the team at FAI. Dust off your Hyperdimensional subscriptions and start refreshing your timelines. Lots to in the pipeline from us over the next few months.

It had been an honor to work with Dean W. Ball these past few months on the AI action plan. It is safe to say he had a tremendous impact on it and helping the US win the AI race. I for one will miss talking to him in the hallways.

the future always seems radical until it's here. policymakers and technologists play different roles, but they should both be open to the idea that the future could be 10x better. cloud-seeding is just one example 🔽

particularly appreciate the extensive quotation and engagement with John von Neumann’s thought in the introductory essay! anyways new micro site just dropped👇

just saw THE NAKED GUN and look, regardless of your politics, you have to thank president trump for legalizing comedy again

people on this website have a noble savage view of the “liberal arts major”. they’re like if you had talked to a history major once none of the bad things ever would have happened. buddy the liberal arts majors are everywhere and quite good at getting their way

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Elsa and Garret Molloy join Evan Swarztrauber to discuss their staggering investigation: a network of Chinese spies at Stanford 🧵

aaaand we're back. Pleased to share my first "real" hyperdimensional essay since April: a proposal for pulling gigawatts of electricity out of thin air. (with draft policy language at the end).

Bare minimum for holding a conversation: THIEF (1981), THE KEEP (1983), MANHUNTER (1986), THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1992), HEAT (1995), THE INSIDER (1999), ALI (2001), COLLATERAL (2004), MIAMI VICE (2006), PUBLIC ENEMIES (2009), BLACKHAT (2015), FERRARI (2023)

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AI, ORALITY, AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF GRIFT In today's newsletter, I go back to Ong-posting to try to answer the question of why grift is so out in the open these days. Why don't people feel shame and the impulse to obfuscate? Why don't other people react more judgmentally?