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AI safety protest planned, PFAS study seeks participants, university groups sought

Scott Alexander's weekly open thread covers several distinct topics, including a pilot study for a product called NeutraOat designed to bind PFAS chemicals in the gut. Additionally, the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) is organizing a potential 100,000-person protest in Washington D.C. to advocate against superintelligent AI development. The post also mentions efforts to establish AI safety student groups at universities like Duke, Vanderbilt, NYU, and USC. AI

IMPACT Initiatives to protest AI development and establish AI safety groups at universities may influence future AI policy and research directions.

RANK_REASON This is a weekly open thread post from a popular Substack author, discussing various unrelated topics including a product pilot, a protest organization, and university group initiatives.

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AI safety protest planned, PFAS study seeks participants, university groups sought

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