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AI and Leviathan: Part III
A timeline of our techno-feudalist future
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AI and Leviathan: Part II
Preparing for regime change
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AI and Leviathan: Part I
The institutional economics of an intelligence explosion
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Will there be major AI legislation before 2025?
The case for Congress waking up
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Three Motivations for State Capacity Libertarianism
Or what used to be called "ordered liberty"
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The false positives of AI watermarking
It's far easier to watermark all real photos as real.
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Putting the "akrasia" in ADHD
From the extended mind to the extended will
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