Tag: library
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Weekly digest 31
A weekly collection of things I found interesting, thought-provoking, or inspiring. It’s almost always about higher education, mostly technology, and usually AI-related.
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The New Beijing City Library Has the World’s Largest Reading Room
https://mossandfog.com/the-new-beijing-city-library-has-the-worlds-largest-reading-room/
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Poem: If librarians were honest
in ReadingBy Joseph Mills If librarians were honest,they wouldn’t smile, or actwelcoming. They would say,You need to be careful. Herebe monsters. They would say,These rooms house heathensand heretics, murderers andmaniacs, the deluded, desperate,and dissolute. They would say,These books contain knowledgeof death, desire, and decay,betrayal, blood, and more blood;each is a Pandora’s box, so whywould you want…
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A handy guide for dealing with books you don’t like
A step-by-step guide to help you decide how to deal with a book you don’t like. Via Dave Nicholls at his Paradoxa substack.
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A mobile library for the homeless
Stone, M. (2023). Street Books: A Non-profit Mobile Library Serving the Houseless Residents of Portland. The Scholarly Kitchen. “An artist, writer, and educator, Moulton had conceived the idea of a mobile public library as an art project. Focused on serving community members living without shelter, the library issued each patron a library card without asking…
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Seeing beyond our own paradigms
Yesterday I saw this tweet from Enrico Coiera: So I downloaded the editorial and noted these sections: Through the Internet, the public has access to a growing supply of information on health and disease, often of variable quality and relevance. As a result, providing information on health will no longer be the exclusive remit of…
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Podcast: On the Long-term Importance of Current AI Policy
In this episode of the AI Alignment podcast from the Future of Life Institute, hosts discuss the following: The importance of current AI policy work for long-term AI risk Where we currently stand in the process of forming AI policy Why persons worried about existential risk should care about present day AI policy AI and…