MIT Tech Review doesn’t break much news. Try Techmeme.
Re “what people are talking about”
Sure, the news is biased toward topics people already think are important because you need readers to click etc etc. But you are people, so you might also think that at least some of those topics are important. Even if the overall news is mostly uncorrelated with your interests, you can filter aggressively.
Re “what they’re saying about it”
I think you have in mind articles that are mostly commentary, analysis, opinion. News in the sense I mean it here tells you about some event, action, deal, trend, etc that wasn’t previously public. News articles might also tell you what some experts are saying about it, but my recommendation is just to get the object-level scoop from the headline and move on.
Re is it worth the time of sifting through
Skimming headlines is fast. Maybe the news tends to be less action-relevant for your research, but I bet AI safety collectively wastes time and misses out on establishing expertise by being behind the news. Reading Zvi’s newsletter falls under what I’m advocating for (even though it’s mostly that what-people-are-saying commentary, the object-level news still comes through.)
MIT Tech Review doesn’t break much news. Try Techmeme.
Re “what people are talking about”
Sure, the news is biased toward topics people already think are important because you need readers to click etc etc. But you are people, so you might also think that at least some of those topics are important. Even if the overall news is mostly uncorrelated with your interests, you can filter aggressively.
Re “what they’re saying about it”
I think you have in mind articles that are mostly commentary, analysis, opinion. News in the sense I mean it here tells you about some event, action, deal, trend, etc that wasn’t previously public. News articles might also tell you what some experts are saying about it, but my recommendation is just to get the object-level scoop from the headline and move on.
Re is it worth the time of sifting through
Skimming headlines is fast. Maybe the news tends to be less action-relevant for your research, but I bet AI safety collectively wastes time and misses out on establishing expertise by being behind the news. Reading Zvi’s newsletter falls under what I’m advocating for (even though it’s mostly that what-people-are-saying commentary, the object-level news still comes through.)