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Comment Re:Well, to be honest... (Score 3, Insightful) 19

Shouldn't somebody? I mean, clearly, the administration isn't going to, even though that's supposed to be part of their job.

A good question. Even if the answer was 'no' (it's not), it's Anthropic's prerogative to make moral judgments if it wishes regarding the use of its technology. It's called a "License Agreement".

Comment Re:the free market (Score 1) 267

The idea that regulation necessarily pushes a market further away from from "ideal" is a common misconception. This is only 100% true in an ideal market. No market is ideal in reality. The electricity market, like healthcare, is far far from ideal in its natural state. Correct regulations can bring a market close to ideal than it's natural state. Lots of people misunderstand Adam Smith in this way.

Comment Re: A naive question (Score 1) 364

My god. It's not because they are mentally inferior. The global pool of female chess players is smaller, less developed and with less opportunity globally. There's a difference between saying that women don't play chess at the very top levels and saying the can't . If women received all the same opportunities and development (to play at those levels you need TOP development resources) and the same size pool to draw from you'd likely see pretty even play.

Comment Re:A naive question (Score 1) 364

if by "not accessible to women" you mean the women can't compete with the men, yes. Just like other sports.

No. He means that far fewer women around the world have the same opportunities to play chess, be encouraged and exposed to chess at earlier ages, be supported in their chess development, have access to the same level of chess coaches and other players, etc. This naturally creates a global pool of female chess players that is both smaller and less finely developed than the global pool of male chess players. It's the same reason some countries produce more superior players than others.

Comment Overstating just a bit, I think (Score 3, Informative) 122

3,000,000 pounds = 1500 tons. Here's what the paper ACTUALLY says.

not removed by the filtration and subsequently discharged, with 59-1184 tonnes potentially discharged annually.

So.. possibly as little as 118,000 pounds with a huge range (but still less substantially less than the claimed 1500 tonnes).

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