More Americans have jobs that didn’t exist a generation ago, and even well-known professions are changing

DM Good morning! After all our multitudes of conversations directly or indirectly which relates to my topic of today, I again want to continue to explore the essential factor(s), core(s) or most fundamental reason(s) for why humans, and by extension, collective units of humanity, so endlessly and tenaciously rely upon, display and spread unfounded confidence, certainties and outright hubris within the knowledge which they hold so dear and constantly project to others. This in

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Anthropic is challenging the world’s biggest AI players with a bold mission: to build systems that are both powerful and aligned with human values. The company’s president and cofounder, Daniela Amodei, will join WIRED’s Steven Levy for a candid conversation about Anthropic’s “constitutional” approach to AI safety, the race to develop ever-smarter models, and how to balance innovation with accountability. Related: the A.I. "delusion crisis"