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Back to Search“AI catastrophe: more like a genocide than a thought experiment” by KatjaGrace
A notable fraction of people respond to hearing about existential risk from AI by saying they don’t really care if everyone dies. I think the idea i…
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“Elephant seal IV” by KatjaGrace
Previously: Elephant seal III
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“What is up with e/acc?” by KatjaGrace
I was chatting with someone tonight about a planned documentary; they had interviewed various people in AI safety, and we got to discussing who they…
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“AI pause: the case for ASAP” by KatjaGrace
I often hear people say they think we should pause AI at some point, but not yet. Their basis for this seems to be some combination of:
If we paus…
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“Reward Hacking Without Egregious Misalignment in an RL-Only Setting” by Joey Yudelson, Vladimir Ivanov, ryan_greenblatt
This work was done as part of the MATS fellowship by Joey Yudelson and Vladimir Ivanov. It was mentored by Ryan Greenblatt. Thanks to Aghyad Deeb an…
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“Planning for Preservation in the Age of AI” by Raelifin
Nectome liked my earlier essay, and reached out to hire me to write more about their project, and about cryonics more broadly. This is the first suc…
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“Risk-Averse AIs” by wdmacaskill, Elliott Thornley (EJT)
Abstract
We make the case for training AIs to be risk-averse in resources — specifically, to treat resources as having diminishing marginal utility.…
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“And what happens next?” by Sean Herrington
In the game "The choice before us" by Nick Shapiro,[1] you are put in the shoes of an AI company leader. You grow your business. You unlock "wonders…
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“Superintelligence vs. The Second Strike” by Felix Choussat
Crosspost of my substack piece, covering quick thoughts on AI overcoming nuclear deterrence. TLDR: Nuclear deterrents likely only buy time to furthe…
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“Monthly Roundup #43: June 2026” by Zvi
Your monthly hit of all the things that are fit to print without a better place to live.
Today is election day here in New York City, so again a re…
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