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brendan o’connor

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The proposed rule change is a terrible idea - it would impose biased, arbitrary, political control over scientific funding, and greatly harm U.S. research, technology development, and higher education. The extremely biased language in the document indicates the worst of intentions to implement the policy. Also note: - Congress already conducts robust oversight of federal grant-making agencies, including regular reporting and testimony from agency directors. For example, the National Science Foundation director is legally required to submit biennial reports to Congress (42 U.S. Code § 1885d), and in the past NSF directors and assistant directors have regularly given testimony to Congress. Congressional oversight is completely sufficient to investigate all of the issues alleged here, and remedy them if they turn out to be actual issues. Members of Congress have indeed issues critical reports in the past about particular grant-funded projects they wished scientific grant-making agencies to change, as is their proper right and authority. [...]
Figure 3: Topic distribution of 100K sampled conversations.
In an emailed statement, OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, wrote: “We are deeply saddened by Mr. Raine’s passing, and our thoughts are with his family. ChatGPT includes safeguards such as directing people to crisis helplines and referring them to real-world resources. While these safeguards work best in common, short exchanges, we’ve learned over time that they can sometimes become less reliable in long interactions where parts of the model’s safety training may degrade.”
42 U.S. Code § 1885 - Congressional statement of findings and declaration of policy respecting equal opportunities in science and engineering (a)The Congress finds that it is in the national interest to promote the full use of human resources in science and engineering and to insure the full development and use of the scientific and engineering talents and skills of men and women, equally, of all ethnic, racial, and economic backgrounds, including persons with disabilities. (b)The Congress declares it is the policy of the United States to encourage men and women, equally, of all ethnic, racial, and economic backgrounds, including persons with disabilities, to acquire skills in science, engineering, and mathematics, to have equal opportunity in education, training, and employment in scientific and engineering fields, and thereby to promote scientific and engineering literacy and the full use of the human resources of the Nation in science and engineering. To this end, the Congress declares that the highest quality science and engineering over the long-term requires substantial support, from currently available research and educational funds, for increased participation in science and engineering by women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. The Congress further declares that the impact on women, minorities, and persons with disabilities which is produced by advances in science and engineering must be included as essential factors in national and international science, engineering, and economic policies.
Happy anniversary to the founding of John Brown's League of the Gildeaties
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