Ethan Mollick

emollick.bsky.social

03 February 2026 22:19

Increasing problem with publishing work on AI is that the publication process is much slower than working paper process, so when papers finally get full peer reviews, authors are asked to account for newer papers that are built on the paper under review! No real norms around this research ouroborous

Alex Komoroske

komorama.bsky.social

03 February 2026 21:38

If people don't believe the hopeful future is possible, they won't even try to build it. Enjoyed talking with @foundercoach.bsky.social about why I'm optimistic about technology as a force for good—and deeply skeptical about tech's default power dynamics.

Matt Darling

besttrousers.bsky.social

28 January 2026 21:03

Throw back to when I explained to Huberman that searching "New York Times" in a grants database just gave him all grants that included the words "new" "york" and "times".

The Progress Network

progressntwrk.bsky.social

26 January 2026 22:08

"I find the all-or-nothing thinking about AI safety counterproductive," writes TPN member @jasoncrawford.org. "We should embrace every idea that can provide any increment of security. History suggests that the accumulation and combination of such incremental solutions is the path to resilience."

Stefan Schubert

stefanschubert.bsky.social

26 January 2026 22:02

In today's newsletter: there are many dire projections of one old 'dependent' for every two workers in the future. But these projections ignore that the retirement age isn't fixed. In fact, the share of adult life in retirement has gone down in the OECD. www.update.news/p/alarmist-p...