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The report from the AI + TCS Working Group held at the @simonsinstitute.bsky.social is out, including "twelve concrete near-term recommended actions." Currently reading it: while I have some reservations, but there is some good in it! Notably items 7, 8, and 11. simons.berkeley.edu/ai-tcs-worki...

To elaborate on Point 8: of course, this acknowledges uncertainty, which is scary (but unfortunately obvious). The good and uplifting part is that it's explicitly prescribing that there should be a community focus (with funding!) on junior researchers, as opposed to "doom and free for all."

Item 7 is also crucial—I am very glad to see it make explicit. "This changing landscape is also obfuscating what early career researchers view as success and how their mentors should guide them. In particular, AI risks accelerating an “arms race” in the number of research publications."