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Alex Tabarrok

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Prof of economics at George Mason, co-founder of the online education platform MRU.org. Advisor to firms, incl MultiversX, TEAL, Bluechip, 0L Network +
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Pandemic Preparation is AI Safety

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By Alex Tabarrok
| Marginal Revolution
I am not a big fan of the “now more than ever” post, which interprets recent events to support—surprise!—something the writer already believed. And yet…is it not obvious that AI risk increases the value of pandemic preparation? If COVID began with a laboratory leak—plausible, though unproven—then a research accident has already killed millions. Whatever its origin, COVID demonstrated the scale of the potential damage. AI surely increases pandemic risks.
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What Regulatory Capture Actually Looks Like

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By Alex Tabarrok
| Marginal Revolution
It’s amazing how a theory can take over a brain. Consider the idea that people believe what serves their interests. As heuristics go, it’s a good one. I use it all the time. Yet when Dario Amodei says AI is dangerous, perhaps even an extinction risk, some people conclude he must be running a marketing campaign. That is stupid. Which is more likely, that a useful heuristic sometimes misfires or that “our product might kill you” is a clever way to sell it? Death threats are a poor marketing strategy.
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The striking thing is how late the market moved

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By Alex Tabarrok
| Marginal Revolution
Here’s the S&P 500 (daily close) with the key COVID and policy events marked; the numbered key is below the chart.
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