Podcast Episodes
Back to Search“Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy v3: Dive Into The Details” by Zvi
Wednesday's post talked about the implications of Anthropic changing from v2.2 to v3.0 of its RSP, including that this broke promises that many peop…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
“Did Anyone Predict the Industrial Revolution?” by Lost Futures
The Fighting Temeraire. 1839, by Joseph Mallord William Turner. (Source: Wikimedia)
Editor's note: Post 2/30 for Inkhaven
Why did the philosophers fa…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
“Why do I believe preserving structure is enough?” by Aurelia
There's a lot even our best neuroscientists don't know about the human brain. How can we have any reasonable hope for preservation given those unkno…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
“There should be $100M grants to automate AI safety” by Marius Hobbhahn
This post reflects my personal opinion and not necessarily that of other members of Apollo Research.
TLDR: I think funders should heavily incentiviz…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
“Sadly, The Whispering Earring” by Dentosal
The Whispering Earring (which you should read first) explores one of the most dystopic-utopic scenarios. Imagine you could achieve all you've ever w…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
“Common research advice #2: say precisely what you want to say” by LawrenceC
As previously mentioned, research feedback I give to more junior research collaborators tends to fall into one of three categories:
Doing quick sani…2 weeks, 5 days ago
“AI #162: Visions of Mythos” by Zvi
Anthropic had some problem with leaks this week. We learned that they are sitting on a new larger-than-Opus AI model, Mythos, that they believe offer…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
“2026: The year of throwing my agency at my health (now with added cyborgism)” by Ruby
I have bipolar disorder. I was diagnosed in late 2012 following my one and only severe manic episode. Most psychiatrists would regard me as a resoun…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
[Linkpost] “Q1 2026 Timelines Update” by Daniel Kokotajlo, elifland, bhalstead
This is a link post.
We’re mostly focused on research and writing for our next big scenario, but we’re also continuing to think about AI timelines an…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
“How social ideas get corrupt” by Kaj_Sotala
I’ve noticed that sometimes there is an idea or framework that seems great to me, and I also know plenty of people who use it in a great and sensibl…
2 weeks, 6 days ago