Weekly Filet #254: Meet the witnesses. And more.
1. We are Witnesses (The Marshall Project)
Convicted criminals, victims, family members, judges, prosecutors, police officers. They all experience the criminal justice system from very different perspectives. In these intimate videos, they tell their stories.
2. There’s No Fire Alarm for Artificial General Intelligence (Machine Intelligence Research Institute)
Looking at the discourse of artificial intelligence through the lens of a fire alarm is quite eye-opening, and, well, alarming. «There is never going to be a time before the end when you can look around nervously, and see that it is now clearly common knowledge that you can talk about AGI being imminent, and take action and exit the building in an orderly fashion, without fear of looking stupid or frightened.»
3. The National, live @ Elbphilharmonie
There are few better artist/venue combinations than this one. If you – like me – have missed the real deal, here's the concert in its entirety.
4. What Boredom Does to You (Nautilus)
«You could say that boredom is an incubator lab for brilliance.»
5. What The Fuck Just Happened, Today?
Next week, it will already be a year since Donald Trump had been elected President. I applaud Matt Kiser for still turning the flood of news into a concise summary, every single day. And not only that, he also has an epic curated timeline of the Russia investigation.