Thanks!! Can you link to other suggested changes to the proposal? I only see those two

So besides the slowdown and the 83k, I don't see the problem. It seems fine to put in language that makes people feel comfortable. The whole thing is only a vague plan after all. Might as well make it inclusive. When things get down to brass tacks, that's another question entirely. Zone for growth!

To be more precise, LLMs can be given "tools" (e.g., if LLM chatbot can ask one tool to "search the web for bunny facts"). The harnesses evaluate how LLMs use tools in different contexts. These tests matter: they are the *only way* eggheads can be convinced not to deploy LLMs at larger scales.

PhD in machine learning here, 20 years xp. LLMs can be attached to "harnesses" that let them do stuff, and sometimes LLMs use harnesses in unexpected ways. Obv gets overhyped. On the other hand, it is actually a very good thing that people are probing what weird shit these LLMs may do.

So I guess one question for progressives is: how to keep court cases like these from impeding progress? Is there a structural solution?

I agree.

Perhaps the more interesting point Klein makes here is that using the courts to *figure out* whether it is really progressive or just BS has huge costs (because slowing down a project makes it insanely more expensive). So deliberation itself (which progressives often like) can sometimes be bad.

Hard to say. Some of CA high speed rail slowdowns were due to ostensibly environmental concerns from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherto... ... Should progressives have supported Atherton? I would say no, it was nimbyism in disguise. But you can see their viewpoint as progressive if you squint.

I need this! How much does the resin printing cost?

To be clear, I'm not endorsing everything Klein says. But I do think that Democrat-run state / local governments can do better, better both in stewarding and enjoying the abundance of mother nature.

It depends on what you define as progressive :). For example, Klein notes that some zoning laws in some places lead to really expensive housing markets. I don't know if I would call those zoning laws progressive in the first place --- but some of them are certainly in force in "blue" cities.

It is more subtle. That is really the essence of the problem: good policy is complicated. The goal is absolutely regulation. Unregulated capitalism is terrible, no question. But how to encourage awesome regulatory agencies? That is the "struggle" that is worthwhile.