“Monthly Roundup #19: June 2024” by Zvi

Looks like we made it. Yes, the non-AI world still exists.

Bad Governor

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has gone rogue and betrayed New York City, also humanity, declaring a halt to congestion pricing a month before it was to go into effect. Her explanation was that she spoke to workers at three Manhattan diners who were worried people would be unable to drive to them from New Jersey. Which, as Cathy Reilly points out, is rather insulting to New Jersey, and also completely absurd. Who in the world was going to go into Manhattan for a diner?

She says this won’t interfere with Subway work. Work on the 2nd Avenue Subway line has already been halted. And that's not all.

You’re damn right. We are going to blame Hochul. Every. Damn. Time.

So Elizabeth Kim investigated. One never talked politics at all. One [...]

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Outline:

(00:12) Bad Governor

(02:12) High Skilled Immigration

(04:46) Various Bad News

(07:46) Prediction Markets Are Unpopular

(09:30) New Buildings are Ugly

(11:06) Government Working

(15:24) The Snafu Principle

(18:11) Technology Advances

(18:51) For Science!

(28:38) Antisocial Media

(35:07) The Twitter Porn Bot War

(37:07) I Like My Twitter Posts Like I Like My Porn Bots: Private

(40:36) Variously Effective Altruism

(42:06) Are You Happy Now?

(45:49) Good News, Everyone

(51:07) Good Social Advice

(56:16) FTC Wants to Ban Noncompetes

(01:02:52) While I Cannot Condone This

(01:11:20) Enemies of the People

(01:14:39) Lab Grown Meat Shirts Answer and Raise Questions

(01:15:51) Ban Gain of Function Research

(01:16:46) Gamers Gonna Game Game Game Game Game

(01:26:30) Sports Go Sports

(01:26:54) I Was Promised Flying Self-Driving Cars

(01:30:01) Patrick McKenzie Monthly

(01:32:41) The Lighter Side

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First published:
June 25th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/7LvK6Gw2GdfDMBNNm/monthly-roundup-19-june-2024

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