Yair Halberstadt

Israel recently inaugurated it's billion shekel reverse water carrier project[1], pumping desalinated water into the Sea of Galilee, Israel's largest freshwater lake[2]. It's being billed as an ecological move, aiming to restore the drying lake and saving the human and natural ecosystems that thrive on the lakes shores. As such,...

Imagine in 6 months or 6 years, a frontier AI model goes horribly wrong. Perhaps it releases a synthetic virus which kills hundreds. Perhaps it shuts down the internet. Perhaps it gains control over China's nuclear armament. Fortunately humanity survives without too much lasting damage. But in the immediate aftermath...

Before I start, I'll mention that I'm in contact with a world expert on legislation and regulation, who would be happy to help with this or similar work pro-bono. If you work in AI policy and believe this could help you, please reach out. OpenAI recently announced that one of...

Policy changes should be rolled out gradually Every software developer knows that when you change a service you don't just modify the code, release it, and hope that everything works correctly. You first: * test the change extensively with both unit and integration tests. * run the change in a...

My wife and I are both naturally stingy people. When drafting our wedding list we spurned the posh department stores and I carefully picked out the lowest price best quality items on Amazon instead. I bought 100 dollar beds and 100 dollar mattresses, and we slept on them for a...

I've occasionally heard people suggest that at some point AI companies are going to run out of money, the cost of using AI will shoot up, demand will collapse, and the AI bubble will be over. At first glance this risk seems real. OpenAI spent $25 billion in the first...

Europe (and the UK) have strong protections for flyers in the case of delayed or cancelled flights. However very few people are aware of these, and airlines will almost always try to wriggle out of paying up. Even travel agents are often unaware of these laws, or unwilling to fight...