Some noteworthy new (or newly updated) publications of the Congressional Research Service that have not otherwise been made available to the public online include the following (all pdf).
“FY2007 Supplemental Appropriations for Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Other Purposes,” updated May 2, 2007.
“Congressional Authority To Limit U.S. Military Operations in Iraq,” updated April 24, 2007.
“Presidential Signing Statements: Constitutional and Institutional Implications,” updated April 13, 2007.
“Clinical Trials Reporting and Publication,” updated April 27, 2007.
“Nuclear Warheads: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program and the Life Extension Program,” updated April 4, 2007.
“One thing became increasingly clear: AI doesn’t simply introduce a new category of risk. It changes the speed, scale, complexity, and interaction of risks that already exist.”
In an ideal world, we would not have state or federal climate intervention research bans. We would have researchers and institutions that would not shy away from revealing the good, the bad, and the ugly of these technologies and doing so responsibly.
“What excites me is that it’s very tempting to be very discouraged, and say, ‘Oh, we’ve got these archaic institutions that are calcified and you could never change them.’ But I think we’re in the middle of a technological revolution that will upend lots of things, and does provide a window.”
Ask people what worries them most right now, and they’ll say the cost of living and their livelihoods, not climate change. But those concerns are not separate.