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Since its inception in 1999, the Frontier Centre for Public Policy has been steadfast in its mission to foster Ideas for a Better Tomorrow. Through research, publications, educational events and policy analysis, Frontier has impacted dozens of governments and policy sectors. With Western Canadian roots and a drive to cultivate responsible citizenship, Leaders on the Frontier features discussions of common sense and good governance from this non-partisan, cutting-edge think tank.
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AI Safety Newsletter

Center for AI Safety

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Narrations of the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required. This podcast also contains narrations of some of our publications. ABOUT US The Center for AI Safety (CAIS) is a San Francisco-based research and field-building nonprofit. We believe that artificial intelligence has the potential to profoundly benefit the world, provided that we can develop and use it safely. However, in contrast to the dramatic p ...
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Academic Feelings

Academic Feelings

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What does it mean to think, make, and feel with art inside today’s universities? Academic Feelings dives into the emotional and intellectual lives of artists, curators, and academics working with practice-based art research, asking: if artistic research is ultimately rooted in sensing and sensitivity, yet unfolds within a society shaped by competition, precarity, and acceleration, how do these conditions shape research, sensibility, and thinking? Created as an artwork for the Centre for Prac ...
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Stress Free Dog Walks

Katie Guastapaglia

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Join me, Katie G, for the Stress Free Dog Walks show every week on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts from! You’ll get real-world practical advice that you can apply immediately to your own dog, out there on your very next walk, so they ignore distractions and listen to you, walk nicely, and come back when called - even when there’s something more exciting going on! Even more importantly, I’m showing you why dog training alone will NOT solve your problems. We’re diving deep into every ...
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Sport Intelligence: The Canadian Perspective

Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC)

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Sport Intelligence: The Canadian Perspective is an all-access pass to the inner workings of Canada's vibrant sport sector. This podcast delves into the untold stories and hidden dynamics that drive Canadian sports. From groundbreaking research to the strategies that propel our teams and athletes forward, Sport Intelligence: The Canadian Perspective offers a unique perspective on the forces that influence and fuels Canadian sport.
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How can parents really help their children succeed at school — without relying on fads or conflicting advice? I’m Chris Battle, a teacher, tutor, and director of a tutoring centre in Bedford, UK. For over twenty years, I’ve worked with children and families to understand what truly drives progress in learning. My approach combines classroom experience with research in psychology, behavioural genetics, and cognitive science, giving parents practical, evidence-based insights they can use at ho ...
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The RegenNarration podcast features the stories of a generation that is changing the story, enabling the regeneration of life on this planet. It’s ad-free, freely available and entirely listener-supported. You'll hear from high profile and grass-roots leaders from around Australia and the world, on how they're changing the stories we live by, and the systems we create in their mold. Along with often very personal tales of how they themselves are changing, in the places they call home. With P ...
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Where does your wanderlust lead you? To Melbourne’s cafes or the vast deserts of the Empty Quarter, a New Zealand vineyard or the pavements of New York… what’s your neighbourhood? Join travel journalists and editors Kirstie Bedford and Belinda Jackson for inspiring stories and inside information from across the world. Website https://theworldawaits.au Instagram @theworldawaitspodcast Support us https://ko-fi.com/theworldawaits (thank you!)
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The failed convention hall of fame. Tanacon. Fyre Fest. That one NFT convention that used medical grade UV blacklights and gave a bunch of people sunburns on their eyeballs. And, of course, Dashcon. We watched from behind our screens as they crashed and burned spectacularly. Now, 10 years later, a group of Torontonians have set out to achieve the impossible: a successful Tumblr convention. Return To The Ballpit: A Dashcon 2 Podcast follows the team (totally different people from Dashcon 1, b ...
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Steve Davies was one of the UK’s top fund managers for nearly 15 years, investing billions of pounds on behalf of his clients. A key part of his role was assessing and questioning the CEOs of the businesses he was looking to invest in. In “Tough At The Top” he takes his conversations with the UK’s top executives in a new direction, revealing what really makes them tick and the lessons they can pass on to other aspiring leaders.His guests tell the stories of their paths to the top, their toug ...
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Merry Christmas to you all and welcome back to our Summer Series! This week, we're talking tropics, taking you to Tahiti and Papua New Guinea. Co-host Kirstie Bedford talks about attending Tahiti's first annual yoga festival – a chance to find her Zen and connect with culture in this tropical paradise. Listen to festival founder Rani Chaves talk ab…
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Is there really a war on Christmas and has it happened before? Historian Dr. Gerry Bowler shares how Christmas has long been a political and cultural battleground. From Dickens and Santa Claus to Nazi attempts to reshape the holiday, this conversation connects history to today’s culture wars, moral relativism, and the fading influence of Judeo-Chri…
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What an incredible year. There was certainly dark stuff, but if you were ever in doubt there was plenty to revel in, welcome to the highlights from a unique and far-reaching year on the podcast. You’ll hear highlight selections from our guests throughout 2025, accompanied by some of the music they often played or sung themselves, and the sounds of …
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What does it mean to think, make, and feel with art inside today’s universities? Academic Feelings is a podcast created as an artwork for the Centre for Practice-based Art Studies (PASS) at the University of Copenhagen and hosted by artist Rosa Marie Frang. Entering academia as an outsider, Rosa reflects on her encounters with an environments marke…
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⭐️ Register for the FREE Online Stress Free Dog Walks Training! https://stressfreewalks.dog/join-free ⭐️ You’ll master my simple 3-part anti-pulling, lunging and reactivity method to handle distractions (like dogs, people, wildlife) without panic, so that you can LOVE walking your dog again! Get your free ticket here: https://stressfreewalks.dog/jo…
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B.C. nurse Amy Hamm has been fined $93,639 and suspended for one month by the BC College of Nurses and Midwives over her views on sex and gender. Part of the case stems from a billboard she co-sponsored that read: “I ❤️ J.K. Rowling.” Now she’s fighting back—and the policy consequences could affect every Canadian. David Leis is joined live by Amy H…
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Welcome to the first of our Summer Series! This week, we’re taking you to Africa, a bucket list destination for those who want to see the Big Five or wander the pyramids of Giza. First up, co-host Belle Jackson, a frequent visitor and former resident of Egypt in northeast Africa, takes you to the many museums, explains the best way to see the pyram…
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Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required.. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required. In this edition we discuss President Trump's executive order …
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Is Canada silently allowing religious freedom to be erased? Over 100 churches have burned down, and the government’s silence is deafening. Now, a shocking recommendation from Ottawa could strip churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples of their charitable status. David Leis and Professor Pierre Gilbert reveal what this really means, why it threate…
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Aníbal de Paz was a young man in Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, when I was a young man living there at the turn of the century. He had been born into war in the 80s, became a runner for the resistance as a boy, was a teenager as peace broke out in the 90s, and in his 20s, when we met and became friends, he was driver and conf…
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NOTE: This version of this week’s episode is in Spanish. You'll find the English translated version in your podcast feed too. Aníbal de Paz era un joven en Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, cuando yo era joven y vivía allí a principios del siglo. Había nacido en la guerra de los años 80, se convirtió en un mensajero para la resi…
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Ottawa and Alberta have a new energy MOU—but will a pipeline actually get built? BC’s premier is suddenly shifting his stance, yet he still wants an oil-tanker ban. So what’s the point of a pipeline? Meanwhile, BC First Nations have already voted no. Will PM Mark Carney let them veto the entire project? What policies will get Canada's economy movin…
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Shopping for the traveller in your life this Christmas? Tune in as our tech hound and sound producer Alaisdair Leith teams up with host Belle Jackson to bring you our best last-minute gifts. Also, get planning for your 2026 travels and get holiday maxxing - the art of maximising public holidays to get more time away, without the pay cut. Our Christ…
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“I don’t trust the government of Canada,” warns engineer and energy expert Gwyn Morgan. With the new Alberta-Ottawa Memorandum of Understanding, which includes a new pipeline from Alberta to the BC coast, Canadians are being promised a brighter energy future—but is it real, or just hype? Morgan breaks down how skyrocketing carbon costs, political u…
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Welcome back to Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, Alta Verapaz, as we continue a special series from Guatemala, Central America. I wish I’d recorded how I came to find today’s guest. In returning to this place that was home for a few years back at the turn of the century, I didn’t know who’d still be around, alive even. I figured that my old friends Cán…
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NOTE: This version of this week’s episode is in Spanish. You'll find the English translated version in your podcast feed too. Bienvenidos de nuevo a Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, Alta Verapaz, para continuar con una serie especial desde Guatemala, Centroamérica. Al regresar a este lugar que fue mi hogar durante unos años a principios de siglo, no sa…
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Christmas is full of joy - and opinions. Ever been hit with unsolicited advice about your dog’s behaviour at family gatherings? 🙄 💬 “Oh she’s *still* barking?” 💬 “We never use treats - you’re spoiling him.” 💬 “Our dog doesn’t need a lead.” You can enjoy the festivities without feeling judged or defensive - AND feel good about how you handled it (in…
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Are you sick of the day-to-day grind and dream of becoming a digital nomad in Italy? This week's pod is for you! We are chatting to editor and travel writer Carrie Hutchinson who just spent the Australian winter working remotely in Sicily. She explains what the experience was like and provides some of her top tips so you can follow in her footsteps…
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Is Health Canada taking away your right to stay healthy? David Leis sits down with Lawyer Shawn Buckley with the National Health Product Protection Association to expose how natural remedies, essential supplements, are being banned and why cloned meat are being pushed on Canadians—while big pharma profits. Are these foods and policies really safe f…
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Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required.. Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required. In this edition we discuss the new AI Dashboard, recent front…
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Welcome to a series within the series from Guatemala, Central America – three stories from three men I admire most in the world. Each different but related. Each from a different generation. And each navigating the last couple of decades differently since I spent time with them, in the municipality of Fray Bartolome de las Casas, in the central pro…
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NOTE: This version of this week’s episode is in Spanish. You'll find the English translated version in your podcast feed too. (Gracias a Dana ‘Patricio’ Scott por su generosa traducción.) Bienvenidos a una serie dentro de la serie desde Guatemala, Centroamérica: tres historias de tres hombres a los que admiro muchísimo en el mundo. Cada uno diferen…
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Your puppy’s grown into a teenager and they’re pulling, barking, ignoring recall, pestering the kids, and bouncing off the walls. Most owners try to burn it off with more exercise. The problem with that? It can actually make things worse. In this episode, we’re talking: ⚡ Why high-energy games like ball chasing activate the same stress pathways as …
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A BC judge handed 800 acres in Richmond to the Cowichan First Nation—and now Secwépemc Nation is asking a court to grant them the entire city of Kamloops and more. Is this the start of a wave that could erase property rights in Canada? If investors can’t trust ownership, who will build anything here? Our economy is on the line, and almost no one is…
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Are the Maldives worth the hype? This episode, co-host Belle Jackson talks about her most recent visit to the island nation. We're talking about the food, the different types of resorts, their sustainability and, of course, whale sharks. Belle stayed at Niyama Private Islands Maldives for the surfing; niyama.com & Avani+ Fares Maldives for the whal…
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Is Canada bringing in too many immigrants? Professor and urban affairs writer Joel Kotkin thinks so and says it’s happening faster than anyone in power is willing to admit. David Leis and Kotkin break down why young Canadians can’t afford homes, why the middle class is shrinking, and how Canada is drifting into a new form of “neo-feudalism” where a…
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NOTE: This version of this week’s episode is in Spanish. You'll find the English translated version in your podcast feed too. Hoy lanzamos una nueva serie de episodios muy especiales. Esta vez, desde mi regreso a un lugar donde vivia a principios del siglo, en la hermosa Guatemala, Centroamérica. En pleno corazón de la cultura y tierra Maya. Para e…
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Welcome to another very special series of episodes. This time, from my return to an old haunt back at the turn of the century, in beautiful current day Guatemala, Central America. Deep in the heart of Mayan Country and culture. To have the opportunity to share these with you here, is beyond what I ever imagined possible. I couldn’t be more grateful…
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Aquí les presento un adelanto del lanzamiento de una serie de episodios muy especial para finales de 2025. Esta vez, viene de mi regreso a un lugar en donde vivía yo a principios del siglo, en la hermosa Guatemala, Centroamérica. En pleno corazón de la cultura y tierra Maya. Entre las bendiciones que tuve entonces se encontraban amistades con perso…
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Welcome to a preview of another very special series of episodes to end 2025. This time, from my return to an old haunt back at the turn of the century, in beautiful current day Guatemala, Central America. Deep in the heart of Mayan Country and culture. Among my blessings back then were cherished friendships with some dear people descendent of those…
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Your puppy’s turned into a teenager?! Here’s what’s REALLY going on - and how to survive it! Welcome to adolescence! Aka The Terrible Teens. A stage where stress stacks up fast, and bad habits picked up now can last for years. In this episode, we’ll dive into: ⚡What’s happening in your dog’s brain and why it’s driving all that barking, lunging, and…
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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget has barely passed—a massive, expensive plan that raises questions: Will it actually get Canada moving forward, or will we be left asking what just happened? Join David Leis live on YouTube with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois and Marco Navarro-Genie as they break down the budget, explain why it matters to every Cana…
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One of the most rewarding parts of doing this podcast is hearing from listeners – from you. On this occasion, I heard from a listener who has also been a generous subscriber for a couple of years now. Vicky Winton is a credentialed archaeologist, with her own riveting story to tell. She graciously shared some of that story with me. I relay some of …
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We're celebrating this week as co-host Belle Jackson is once again named Travel Writer of the Year by the Australian Society of Travel Writers! See https://globalsalsa.com Belle takes us to Tasmania's Central Highlands, where wine, wombats and walking are all on the menu at the beautiful Pumphouse Point. Set in the glacial Lake St Claire, the lake …
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A groundbreaking court decision in BC has shaken property rights across Canada. The Cowichan Tribes land ruling has left homeowners in Richmond unsure if they even own their land anymore. One resident says his bank refused to renew his mortgage. Does this judgement set a precedent that could put everyone’s land ownership at risk? Law professor Bruc…
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My host platform's automatic AI title suggestions for this episode were: The Riotous Wrap Turning a Closing Panel into a Playful Showdown When a Nutrient Density Guy Meets A Festival Founder and a Referee (guess that's me!), Chaos Ensues Taste as Truth If A Carrot Had Wi-Fi, It Would Ghost Your Microwave Gives you an idea. Today we conclude our ser…
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So you survived the puppy stage: the sleepless nights, the toilet training, the chewed furniture. You thought you were in the clear… until adolescence hits! Suddenly your once-angelic pup forgets every bit of training you’ve ever done. Recall? Gone. Loose lead walking? What’s that? In this episode, you’ll discover: ⚡️ The real science behind canine…
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In 2025, Canada faces growing threats to our rights, freedoms, and prosperity. We just marked Remembrance Day and now more than ever we need to stand up for the sacrifices that so many made in order for us to live in a free nation. What can we do to turn things around? Host David Leis is joined by Col. David Redman and Dr. Gerry Bowler to talk abou…
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If you love a tropical, private island escape and want to do right by the environment, this is the episode for you. Co-host Kirstie Bedford takes us to the stunning island resort of Song Saa in Cambodia’s Koh Rong archipelago. Bought by Australian Melita Koulmandas for US$15k, it has been transformed from knee-deep in rubbish to a luxury retreat wi…
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Canadian economist Jack Mintz joins David Leis with a warning: “We’re not broken… yet.” But if more businesses and jobs leave Canada, that could change fast. He reacts to Canada's latest budget and if it'll get Canada moving in the right direction. Mintz breaks down why Canada’s soaring debt, stalled economic growth, and rising inflation are puttin…
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Continuing our series today from Grounded Festival here in Australia, a conversation with West Australians of the Year, pioneers of Natural Intelligence Farming, and so much more beyond the farm, Dianne and Ian Haggerty. We talk about what it’s been like being West Aussies of the Year, and farmers. And go from there, once again, into some emotional…
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It’s every dog owner’s nightmare. You’re enjoying a peaceful walk when suddenly an off-lead dog comes sprinting right at you. No owner in sight. You’ve got SECONDS to react. In this episode, we unpack how to handle one of the scariest real-life situations for any dog guardian: ⭐Why your reaction in those few seconds matters SO much ⭐Six real-world …
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If your child says Shakespeare is “boring” or “makes no sense,” don’t panic — and don’t rush to complain.In this episode, Chris Battle shares how parents can turn frustration into curiosity. Discover practical ways to help your child connect with challenging texts, work with their teacher, and see that struggling to understand something difficult i…
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Prime Minister Mark Carney has finally released his long-awaited federal budget and it’s making waves. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s first budget includes massive new spending, deep cuts to the public service, and a $78 billion deficit for 2025-26. Join David Leis live with former MP Dorothy Dobbie and former Stephen Harper speechw…
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Wellness, walking, and why we lie about the cost of our holidays are all the hot topics this week. Kicking things off is co-host Kirstie Bedford talking about her recent trip to Tahiti, where she attended Tahiti's first annual yoga festival – a chance to find her Zen and connect with culture in this tropical paradise. Listen to festival founder Ran…
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Are your freedoms quietly being eroded in Canada? David Leis talks with Josh Dehaas about Bills C-8, C-9, and C-14—and why they should worry every citizen. Bill C-8 threatens free speech by regulating what you can say online, Bill C-9 could interfere with property rights, and Bill C-14 expands government powers in ways that could impact personal fr…
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Straight after the Regenerating Food Systems conference you’ve been hearing from in recent weeks, we headed south for the Grounded Festival. It was my privilege to host proceedings there on the last day, in one of the two marquees by the lake, on the wonderful Galloway Springs Farm near Bridgetown. There were three panel conversations there that th…
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With Budget Day looming on Nov 4, Prime Minister Mark Carney has warned that sacrifices will be required from Canadians but what does that really mean? Meanwhile, trade talks collapse after Doug Ford’s commercial, tariffs rise, and the country’s economic future hangs in the balance. Who’s really managing Canada and can we turn things around? Join D…
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Four kilometres from Australia, Papua New Guinea is our closest, and also our least explored neighbour. As PNG celebrates the 50th anniversary of independence from Australia, Australian musician and composer David Bridie talks about his connection with PNG, which spans four decades. A founding member of Not Drowning, Waving, David first visited PNG…
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Welcome to the AI Safety Newsletter by the Center for AI Safety. We discuss developments in AI and AI safety. No technical background required. In this edition: A new benchmark measures AI automation; 50,000 people, including top AI scientists, sign an open letter calling for a superintelligence moratorium. Listen to the AI Safety Newsletter for fr…
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