(see Wikipedia: The Purpose Of A System Is What It Does) Consider the following claims The purpose of... more

Here’s a list of things I updated on after working on the scenario. Some of these are discussed in more... more

We predict that the impact of superhuman AI over the next decade will be enormous, exceeding that of the Industrial... more

Or maybe 2028, it's complicated In 2021, a researcher named Daniel Kokotajlo published a blog post called “What 2026 Looks... more

In Ballad of the White Horse, G.K. Chesterton describes the Virgin Mary: Her face was like an open word... more

Asterisk invited me to participate in their “Weird” themed issue, so I wrote five thousand words on evil Atlantean cave... more

People love trying to find holes in the drowning child thought experiment. This is natural: it’s obvious you should save... more

Jake Eaton has a great article on misophonia in Asterisk. Misophonia is a condition in which people can’t tolerate... more

Last month, I put out a request for experts to help me understand the details of OpenAI’s forprofit buyout.... more

Sorry, you can only get drugs when there's a drug shortage. Three GLP-1 drugs are approved for weight loss in... more