YouCongress - Expert and Citizen Preferences

Enforcing Robocall Crackdowns and Addressing AI-Generated Spam: Builds on bipartisan legislation Rep. Nunn cosponsored by directing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prioritize enforcement against illegal robocalls and brief Congress on ...

Fauci willfully violated federal policies on gain-of-function and enhanced potential pandemic pathogen research; committed conspiracy to defraud, fraud, perjury, destruction of federal records, and obstruction; and caused a pandemic that killed 20 mi...

We rarely get a 'smoking gun.' Even under the best of circumstances we rarely get certainty, just degrees of likelihood.

The great probability is still that this virus came from a wildlife reservoir.

Based on the current available evidence, I believe the most plausible origin of SARS-CoV-2 is spillover from a bat to an intermediate animal, and then to a human. I further believe the available evidence indicates that this spillover happened natural...

All he is saying in this Science article is that we need better, more comprehensive patient case and dated viral sequence data – at the time of first appearance of these viruses – to make this viral phylogenetic/evolutionary history approach more acc...

There is no evidence that the virus originated there, but hypothetically, there are all conditions for the spread of the virus there.

Dietary cholesterol is found in animal foods, including meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, and dairy products. [...] Strong evidence shows that eating patterns that include less dietary cholesterol are associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular diseas...

There are enough issues with this study that it’s hard to make strong conclusions about whether eggs are healthy or not.

Similarly, eggs are unlikely to have a significant impact on blood cholesterol levels. As such, evidence notes that eating eggs are not likely increase the risk of cardiovascular disease or conditions people may relate to fats and cholesterol when ea...

Each person’s response to dietary cholesterol is different, and moderation is key.

Indeed, studies in humans have demonstrated that individuals could be hypo-responders or hyper-responders to dietary cholesterol.

Egg yolks are often considered less healthy due to their high cholesterol and fat content. However, they are also nutrient-rich, making them beneficial in moderation.

I think without a study like that, I’m not willing to make any conclusions about whether egg consumption is good or bad for you all.

When it came to eggs, each half egg caused a 6% and 8% increased risk, respectively.

Generative AI-enhanced software that helps customers with their tax should be designed with strong human oversight and control built in at appropriate stages.

In 2023, the United States saw countless proposals to ban AI technologies, [...] hiring, [...] law soon must embrace AI; [...] prohibit human intervention [...]

Failure, in their eyes, means being left behind while AI automates large swaths of white-collar work – especially coding jobs, which until now have been a veritable licence to print money – and falling into the ranks of the permanent poor.

the evidence on how AI is affecting the labor market today is inconclusive, and claims about harmful impacts on particular groups of workers are premature.

Our objective is clear: to harness AI as a catalyst for economic transformation while ensuring it is ethical, safe, and aligned with our constitutional values.

When it comes to dealing with your customers, the same rules apply whether using AI or human agents.

SB-1047 holds liable [...] the original developer of that model. It is impossible [...] to predict every possible use. SB-1047 will force developers to pull back [...].

The introduction of unstructured AI companions into minors' lives poses unique psychological and developmental risks.

Some kids are just too young to understand the difference between AI and a real person. [...] Remember, this is not a person... this is just something you download in the app store. It's not just our kids — these chatbots and the companies behind the...

[AI chatbots] can help young people, particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reach their full potential.

People typically eat eggs with other foods high in salt, saturated fat and cholesterol such as bacon, cheese and butter.

The evidence that cholesterol in one egg a day is safe for most people comes from huge studies — many conducted here at Harvard Medical School — that have followed hundreds of thousands of people over decades.

Bayesian reasoning serves as a bridge between quantitative and qualitative research that allows one to analyze any and all kinds of data within a single, unified inferential framework. This paper demonstrates the strength and flexibility of the Bayes...

The arguments around covid origins seem largely to fall into an inference trap Andrew has termed premature collapse of the wavefunction. Rather than maintaining multiple hypotheses with different levels of credibility, there seems to be a desire to c...

In view of the difficulty in establishing a posterior odds ratio for the number of spillovers, it appears that the evidence for this narrative is still inconclusive.

AI will replace tasks but not roles.

AI may become radically more powerful over the next 10 years. This could drive an unprecedented transformation of our economy, larger than the Industrial Revolution, but unfolding over a vastly shorter time frame. It could bring risks, including larg...

I think that we're going to have a human-level performance on most, if not all, professional tasks. So white-collar work, where you're sitting down at a computer, either being a lawyer or an accountant or a project manager or a marketing person most ...

Frontier models would initially share their models with the body voluntarily, up to 30 days before release, for safety testing that probes dangerous cyber, biological and deception capabilities.

Repeated third-party audits, extensive reporting, and public disclosures may be manageable for large organizations, but for small and mid-sized employers — which make up most New York workplaces — these costs could be prohibitive.

We evaluate our AI models and agents based on that, and we run an executive deployment safety board before release AI product.

Personal view: I admire @AnthropicAI sticking by their principles but disagree with the principle itself. Putin won't fight fair so we should have autonomous AI weapons for sure.