NBN Book of the Day - Shannon Vallor, “The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking” (Oxford UP, 2024)

There's a lot of talk these days about the existential risk that artificial intelligence poses to humanity -- that somehow the AIs will rise up and destroy us or become our overlords. 

In The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking (Oxford UP), Shannon Vallor argues that the actual, and very alarming, existential risk of AI that we face right now is quite different. Because some AI technologies, such as ChatGPT or other large language models, can closely mimic the outputs of an understanding mind without having actual understanding, the technology can encourage us to surrender the activities of thinking and reasoning. This poses the risk of diminishing our ability to respond to challenges and to imagine and bring about different futures. In her compelling book, Vallor, who holds the Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh's Edinburgh Futures Institute, critically examines AI Doomers and Long-termism, the nature of AI in relation to human intelligence, and the technology industry's hand in diverting our attention from the serious risks we face.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Origin of Words and Phrases: Common Idioms

Let me cut right to the chase. This episode is going to be a deep dive into the origin of some common idioms. I don’t want to dance around the subject or have to walk on eggshells, so I’m using this introduction to break the ice. 

Whether you’re feeling under the weather or ready to burn the midnight oil with us, you’re in for a treat.

I will spill the beans on their meanings and origins and explain how to use them, even if you only do so once in a blue moon.

Learn more about the origins and meaning of common idioms so you don’t bark up the wrong tree on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Land of the Giants - Disney is a TV Company

When you think about Disney, your first thought isn’t “cable television giant.” But Disney’s broadcast and cable television holdings, especially ESPN, helped turbocharge Disney’s growth over the last 30 years. It was a formula that worked extremely well – until now. As more and more consumers cut the cable cord, Disney must reckon with declining assets and the hit to its bottom line.

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The NewsWorthy - Biden’s NATO Speech, Toxic Tampons? & Work Friends Wanted- Wednesday, July 10, 2024

The news to know for Wednesday, July 10, 2024!

We'll tell you about President Biden's high-stakes speech at the NATO summit and how other countries' governments want to influence the November election.

Also, we have the latest from an unrelenting heatwave impacting several states. When will Americans see some relief? 

Plus, results of the first study that tested tampons for toxic metals, how and why the government is cracking down on a messaging app popular with kids, and what workplace perk some job hunters are looking for just as much as money.

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What A Day - The Anti-Abortion Agenda Hiding In The GOP’s Platform

Republicans appeared to soften their stance on abortion ahead of next week’s party convention and adopted a policy platform this week that didn’t include a call for a federal ban. They did so at the direct request of former President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly tried to downplay the issue during the campaign while also taking credit for ending Roe v. Wade. But the 16-page policy document opens the door to establishing fetal personhood, which would threaten access to abortion and IVF. Shefali Luthra, who covers reproductive health for The 19th News and is author of “Undue Burden,” explains what’s actually in the Republican platform.

And in headlines: President Biden commemorated NATO’s 75th anniversary in opening remarks at the alliance’s summit in Washington, Congressional Democrats appear to be falling in line behind Biden as the party’s presidential nominee, and an Israeli airstrike killed more than two dozen people in southern Gaza on Tuesday.

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The Best One Yet - 🐻 “Babies Off The Floor” — Koala Kare’s diaper monopoly. Paramount’s ultimate nepo-baby. Christian Dior’s $57 handbag drama

Koala Kare controls 85% of the baby-changing station biz… because they covered their blind spot.

Christian Dior sells $3,000 handbags… but a report says they pay just $57 for them.

Paramount was just acquired by David Ellison using his dad’s money… and he’s turning the company into dude-tube.

Plus, Shark Week just began… but sharks are the unpaid interns of the animal kingdom.


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Short Wave - Like Humans, These Ants Can Perform Leg Amputations To Save Lives

Some ants herd aphids. Some farm fungi. And now, scientists have realized that when an ant injures its leg, it sometimes will turn to a buddy to perform a lifesaving limb amputation. Not only that — some ants have probably been amputating limbs longer than humans! Today, thanks to the reporting of ant enthusiast and science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce, we behold the medical prowess of the ant.

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The Daily Signal - ‘On the Right Side of History’: Parents Defending Education Adviser Explains Fight to Save Title IX

Parents Defending Education filed a lawsuit on April 29 against the Biden administration's reinterpretation of Title IXallowing males in female sports and private spaces.

The parental rights organization joined the Independent Women’s Forum, Speech First, and the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina in challenging President Joe Biden's rule change to the 1972 federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in federally funded education programs across the nation. Michele Exner, senior adviser to Parents Defending Education, discusses the future of Title IX with “The Daily Signal Podcast.” Enjoy!


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Hayek Program Podcast - Peter Boettke & Chris Coyne on How to Run Wars

On this episode of the podcast, Peter Boettke interviews Chris Coyne on his latest book, How to Run Wars: A Confidential Playbook for the National Security Elite, co-authored with Abigail R. Hall. How to Run Wars provides a satirical take on the logistics and ethical considerations involved in conducting wars, drawing inspiration from Bruce Winton Knight's How to Run a War. Chris discusses his motivations for writing the book, its contents, and his research agenda.

To learn more about Chris’s research that aims to better understand stable peace and conflict, check out his Initiative for the Study of a Stable Peace (ISSP).

Christopher Coyne is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University, the associate director of the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and Director of the Initiative for the Study of a Stable Peace (ISSP) through the Hayek Program.

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