A quick roundup of recent announcements from friends and partners (in lieu of the full links digest, which is on hiatus for now):
Programs
The Cosmos Institute has launched an essay contest on human autonomy in the age of AI, and a grant program to fund “creative projects of all kinds…. We’re especially interested in AI’s philosophical, political, and social implications” (@mbrendan1)
Loyal is hiring a General Manager to launch “what we hope will be the first drug FDA approved for extending the healthy lifespan of dogs” (@celinehalioua)
Some recent grants, contests, events, job openings, etc.
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A quick roundup of recent announcements from friends and partners (in lieu of the full links digest, which is on hiatus for now):
Programs
The Cosmos Institute has launched an essay contest on human autonomy in the age of AI, and a grant program to fund “creative projects of all kinds…. We’re especially interested in AI’s philosophical, political, and social implications” (@mbrendan1)
Spec Tech opens applications for the second cohort of the Brains Research Accelerator (@Spec__Tech)
Events
The San Francisco Freedom Club launches and is having its first party next Friday, Sep 27 (@eoghan)
Jobs
Works in Progress is looking for someone part-time to do Twitter threads & tweets. I also know another media company looking for the same thing
who hasn’t posted publicly yet, email or DM me for details[UPDATE: it’s Freethink, and it’s posted now (@freethinkmedia)]Loyal is hiring a General Manager to launch “what we hope will be the first drug FDA approved for extending the healthy lifespan of dogs” (@celinehalioua)
Dwarkesh Patel is looking for a COO for his media empire (@dwarkesh_sp)
Other launches
Progress Ireland, a new Irish progress think tank (@Keyes)