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This is a continuation of Part 1 from yesterday.

The back portion of the update, as usual, deals with policy, rhetoric, risk and alignment.

I had to include an extended discussion of the other open letter, the one about open weight models, but most of you can skip those sections entirely, which is why they are in italics in the Table of Contents.

Table of Contents

1. The Frontier Act. This likely deserves a full RTFB but I haven’t had the time.
2. The Quest for Sane Regulations. Sam Altman goes to Washington.
3. Leading the Future Never Changes. They also do not plan to apologize.
4. Chip City. Do not ban the Chinese robots, that will only make things worse.
5. The Week in Audio. Altman twice, the AI 2027 team.
6. People Just Say Yay Open Weights. An open letter.
7. Open Weights Frontier Models Are Unsafe And Nothing Can Fix This.
8. People Just Say Things.
9. Push The Magic Button. Not you can. But if you could.
10. Rhetorical Innovation. Distinctions between different arguments.
11. Joshua Achiam's Final Message Upon Leaving OpenAI. Never stop.
12. Dear Dario and Amanda. Claude [...]

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Outline:

(00:35) The Frontier Act

(03:31) The Quest for Sane Regulations

(10:31) Leading the Future Never Changes

(12:22) Chip City

(17:30) The Week in Audio

(19:20) People Just Say Yay Open Weights

(32:32) Open Weights Frontier Models Are Unsafe And Nothing Can Fix This

(37:19) People Just Say Things

(47:20) Push The Magic Button

(50:49) Rhetorical Innovation

(56:31) Joshua Achiam's Final Message Upon Leaving OpenAI

(59:51) Dear Dario and Amanda

(01:09:58) Other People Are Not As Worried About AI Killing Everyone

(01:12:30) How To Contact Me

(01:14:37) The Lighter Side

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First published:
July 31st, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CXeoAhNrAeWpvoyiF/ai-179-part-2-hearing-the-fire-alarm

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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