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Any parents here using alternative education systems for their kids?
I'm defining an alternative education system as one that exists outside the traditional, drop your kids at a building where they sit at desks for seven hours.
How did you start? What made you start? What challenges or successes have you seen?
Recommend this post about "Alpha School" by an ACX reader, very interesting education scheme! https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/your-review-alpha-school
Could someone point me towards a "syllabus" for learning more about AI, if anyone's ever formulated one or knows of one's existence?
1https://www.aisafety.com/courses is mostly focused on AI safety (as the name suggests) but several of the courses linked there are more about technical knowhow.
How many solar panels would it take to execute someone by electrocution? Not that we should be using electricity to kill people.
What is this article actually saying about the AI bubble?
Is the AI bubble actually about to pop and what will it's popping mean for AI development?
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