Podcast Episodes
Back to Search“METR: Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Tasks” by Zach Stein-Perlman
Summary: We propose measuring AI performance in terms of the length of tasks AI agents can complete. We show that this metric has been consistently …
1 year, 5 months ago
“Why Have Sentence Lengths Decreased?” by Arjun Panickssery
“In the loveliest town of all, where the houses were white and high and the elms trees were green and higher than the houses, where the front yards …
1 year, 5 months ago
“AI 2027: What Superintelligence Looks Like” by Daniel Kokotajlo, Thomas Larsen, elifland, Scott Alexander, Jonas V, romeo
In 2021 I wrote what became my most popular blog post: What 2026 Looks Like. I intended to keep writing predictions all the way to AGI and beyond, b…
1 year, 5 months ago
“OpenAI #12: Battle of the Board Redux” by Zvi
Back when the OpenAI board attempted and failed to fire Sam Altman, we faced a highly hostile information environment. The battle was fought largely …
1 year, 5 months ago
“The Pando Problem: Rethinking AI Individuality” by Jan_Kulveit
Epistemic status: This post aims at an ambitious target: improving intuitive understanding directly. The model for why this is worth trying is that …
1 year, 5 months ago
“OpenAI #12: Battle of the Board Redux” by Zvi
Back when the OpenAI board attempted and failed to fire Sam Altman, we faced a highly hostile information environment. The battle was fought largely …
1 year, 5 months ago
“You will crash your car in front of my house within the next week” by Richard Korzekwa
I'm not writing this to alarm anyone, but it would be irresponsible not to report on something this important. On current trends, every car will be …
1 year, 6 months ago
“My ‘infohazards small working group’ Signal Chat may have encountered minor leaks” by Linch
Remember: There is no such thing as a pink elephant.
Recently, I was made aware that my “infohazards small working group” Signal chat, an informal c…
1 year, 6 months ago
“Leverage, Exit Costs, and Anger: Re-examining Why We Explode at Home, Not at Work” by at_the_zoo
Let's cut through the comforting narratives and examine a common behavioral pattern with a sharper lens: the stark difference between how anger is m…
1 year, 6 months ago
“PauseAI and E/Acc Should Switch Sides” by WillPetillo
In the debate over AI development, two movements stand as opposites: PauseAI calls for slowing down AI progress, and e/acc (effective accelerationis…
1 year, 6 months ago