Links 4/27

1. Elliott Ash et al. test whether AI agents can re-derive a social-science paper’s tables from text + raw data alone — this is interesting because most reproducibility agents use code as well. Seems like there’s an academic posting about an experiment like this about once a week. Can AI agents reproduce social science papers from text + data alone? — Elliott Ash

2. The argument from Jacobin that AI data center moratoria are a self-defeating Left tactic, since pausing US compute relocates development offshore, raises prices, entrenches incumbents, and widens the gap between people paying frontier-model subscriptions and people stuck with the lawyer’s $3000 fee. This is one of the best pieces on the Left in terms of engaging with AI seriously. Democratic Governance of AI Is the Real Solution — Jacobin

3. Tasshin Fogleman on Daoist and Tantric sexual practices as a contemplative on-ramp to the energy body, drawing on Julie Henderson’s The Lover Within and Mantak Chia’s The Multi-Orgasmic Man. I’ve heard some mixed things about Chia’s teachings and their efficacy, so YMMV. The Lover Within is on my list of books to read. Exploring Sexuality as a Spiritual Practice — Tasshin