AI risk was not invented by AI CEOs to hype their companies
I hear that many people believe that the idea of advanced AI threatening human existence…
Category: Opinion
How much should the ideal person cry wolf?
It is a fact about wolves and rationality that you should warn people about wolves…
Cambridge: the kettle
I arrived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, today with my boyfriend. We have a modest Airbnb apartment,…
AI unemployment and AI extinction are often the same
My sense is that people think of AI existential risk and AI unemployment as distinct…
San Francisco: self driving
I’m on a plane heading back to San Francisco. I’ve lived in the Bay Area…
SFF’s HSEE grant round; human intelligence amplification projects I’d like to see
Summary If you are interested in doing ambitious scientific research in areas listed below, and…
To what extent is Qwen3-32B predicting its persona?
TL;DRWe test to what extent Qwen3-32B behaves as though it is trying to predict what…
Projects that might help accelerate strong reprogenetics
PDF version. berkeleygenomics.org. x.com. bluesky. Introduction This is a list of projects I'd like to…
Exploring the capabilities spike with METR’s time horizon data: no clear signal
Fair warning: this is mostly a null result. I tried to figure out what drives…
What Do You Mean by a Two-Year AGI Timeline?
Until recently, I was a bit confused about what people meant when they talked about…