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The OpenAI Breakout and Other AI Spookiness (Robert Wright & Stephen Casper)
Teaser ... Stephen’s expertise in spooky AI behavior ... Testing AIs for “corporate loyalty” ... Which AIs shill most for their makers? ... Do AI…
2 months, 1 week ago
Demis Hassabis and the Quest for AGI (Robert Wright & Sebastian Mallaby)
Teaser ... The Infinity Machine, Sebastian’s book about Demis Hassabis ... Why tell the AI story through Hassabis? ... Hassabis vs the other AI ti…
2 months, 1 week ago
Trump’s New War on Iran (Robert Wright & Hooman Majd)
Hooman's Iranian expertise—inherited and otherwise ... Trump’s new (economic) war on Iran ... What MSM missed about the MOU ... How will Iran resp…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The AI Safety Vibe Shift (Robert Wright & David Krueger)
Overtime teaser ... David’s AI safety work, past and present ... Has there been a vibe shift in AI? ... Why two AI godfathers went doomer ... The…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Is (Human) Writing Doomed? (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
Bob channels Dick Cheney ... Is AI killing writing? And thinking? ... How Bob and Paul actually use AI ... The cognitive vs economic value of writ…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Trump’s Unending War (Robert Wright, Andrew Day, and Curt Mills)
Teaser ... How is MAGA feeling about Trump 2.0? ... Bob’s "good" ol’ days at The New Republic ... The biggest threat to the Trump coalition ... W…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Ukraine, Iran, and America’s Arms Overreach (Robert Wright & Jennifer Kavanagh)
Jennifer’s foreign policy bona fides ... Could Ukraine and Iran merge into one big war? ... Is Ukraine really "turning the tide"? ... America’s (a…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Fasten Your Bot-belts (Robert Wright & Samuel Hammond)
Teaser ... Sam’s ideological leanings ... Sam's AI Manhattan Project–revisited ... What does the “Pacing” letter say about the state of AI? ... M…
3 months ago
The intensifying slow-AI-down vibe (Robert Wright & Holly Elmore)
Teaser ... The “Pacing the Frontier” letter signed by AI elites ... Why so many China-hawk AI-safety-hawks? ... Was the “Pacing” letter too small …
3 months ago
Are the Ukraine and the Iran Wars Merging? (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov)
Why did Ukraine hit an Iranian ship 500 miles from Ukraine? ... Ukraine's war on Russia's Amazon ... Why Zelensky fired his defense minister and co…
3 months, 1 week ago