If you find any obvious errors in one of my essays, I inserted them deliberately so people wouldn’t assume it’s AI.
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Some academics have views about LLMs that wouldn’t survive an hour with a frontier model.
Imagine people were regularly being injured by drunk drivers, but politicians were refusing to make drunk-driving illegal because people in a surrounding industry would be out of work.
This is precisely what's happening in places where Waymo is being blocked. Sober drivers are 75% less likely to crash than drunk drivers [1], while Waymos are 68% less likely to crash than human-driven vehicles [2].
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[1] NHTSA, “Drug and Alcohol Crash Risk” (2015). nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.go…
[2] IIHS, “Rise of the Machines” (July 2026). iihs.org/news/detail/wa…
This is precisely what's happening in places where Waymo is being blocked. Sober drivers are 75% less likely to crash than drunk drivers [1], while Waymos are 68% less likely to crash than human-driven vehicles [2].
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[1] NHTSA, “Drug and Alcohol Crash Risk” (2015). nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.go…
[2] IIHS, “Rise of the Machines” (July 2026). iihs.org/news/detail/wa…
Would the truly wise person choose philosophy grad school?
This year, nearly two-thirds of the students in my intro ethics course think trans women should NOT be allowed to compete in women's sports.
Fairly representative sample of BU students. Compared to other college students, they're more affluent and attend a more selective school. I would guess the share is higher among other college students and other 18-22 year olds.
Fairly representative sample of BU students. Compared to other college students, they're more affluent and attend a more selective school. I would guess the share is higher among other college students and other 18-22 year olds.
