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The proposed fellowship would choose promising writers and provide editorial approval and encouragement to reduce the psychological barrier to publishing.
Scott Alexander · AI 2027: month-by-month model of intelligence explosion — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo · 3 Apr 2025
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“And like she'll select many people who she thinks will be good at this. She'll do all of the kind of courage requiring work of being like,”
“yes,”
“your post is good.”
“I'm going to edit it now.”
“Now it's very good.”
“Now I'm going to put it on the blog.”
“And I think her hope is that,”
“let's say, of the fellows that she chooses now,”
“it's not that much of a courage step for them to start it because they have the approval of what.”
“Last psychiatrist would call an omniscient entity,”
“somebody who is just allowed to approve things and tell you that you're okay on”
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