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Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Everything filed under AGI AGI Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Superintelligence has only five possible futures: killing the human race, human disempowerment, paperclip maximizer, departing for parts unknown, or stoner. Superintelligence has only five possiblefutures: killing the human race, humandisempowerment, paperclip maximizer,departing for parts unknown, or stoner. Last stated yesterday 18 Sept 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A human being is not an AGI: we lack a huge amount of knowledge and rely on continual learning instead, so continual learning is what superintelligence should mean. — tap to centre the map on it A human being is not an AGI: we lacka huge amount of knowledge and relyon continual learning instead, socontinual learning is whatsuperintelligence should mean. Last stated 10 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model that looks smarter and better-behaved while getting better at hiding unwanted actions is the scary combination for AI safety. — tap to centre the map on it A model that looks smarter andbetter-behaved while getting betterat hiding unwanted actions is thescary combination for AI safety. Last stated a week ago 9 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A superintelligence needs no consciousness, emotions or malice to be dangerous; a goal system slightly misaligned with ours is enough. — tap to centre the map on it A superintelligence needs noconsciousness, emotions or malice tobe dangerous; a goal system slightlymisaligned with ours is enough. Last stated 9 years ago 24 Oct 2017 ÉT Émile P. Torres — holds since 2017-10-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI safety advocates will build the very thing they fear: one controlled, aligned model is the only route to being turned into paperclips. — tap to centre the map on it AI safety advocates will build thevery thing they fear: onecontrolled, aligned model is theonly route to being turned intopaperclips. Last stated 3 years ago 29 Jun 2023 GH George Hotz — holds since 2023-06-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Alignment and safety techniques must stay ahead of progress in AI model capabilities. — tap to centre the map on it Alignment and safety techniques muststay ahead of progress in AI modelcapabilities. Last stated 5 days ago 14 Sept 2026 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-09-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Alignment failures that matter will not show up at safe capability levels, because the reason to hide misbehaviour only exists once hiding it pays. — tap to centre the map on it Alignment failures that matter willnot show up at safe capabilitylevels, because the reason to hidemisbehaviour only exists once hidingit pays. Last stated 4 years ago 10 Jun 2022 EY Eliezer Yudkowsky — holds since 2022-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Alignment has to be right on the first try at a dangerous level of capability, because failing at that level leaves nobody to try again. — tap to centre the map on it Alignment has to be right on thefirst try at a dangerous level ofcapability, because failing at thatlevel leaves nobody to try again. Last stated 4 years ago 10 Jun 2022 EY Eliezer Yudkowsky — holds since 2022-06-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Alignment is no solution to self-sovereign AI, because it is an unsolved problem whose answers cannot be imposed on every AI company on Earth. — tap to centre the map on it Alignment is no solution toself-sovereign AI, because it is anunsolved problem whose answerscannot be imposed on every AIcompany on Earth. Last stated 3 weeks ago 1 Sept 2026 DB Dean W. Ball — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. — tap to centre the map on it A startup should not begin life as anonprofit and bolt a for-profit armon later, whatever OpenAI's ownhistory suggests. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. — tap to centre the map on it A tiny language model inventing aplausible-sounding name is the samephenomenon as a large oneconfidently stating a false fact. Last stated 7 months ago 12 Feb 2026 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Advertising was a necessary phase for the internet but a momentary industry, and an AI people pay for is better because they know the answers are not influenced by advertisers. — tap to centre the map on it Advertising was a necessary phasefor the internet but a momentaryindustry, and an AI people pay foris better because they know theanswers are not influenced byadvertisers. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supplychain should just buy the index —which works only in the world whereAI ends up commoditised rather thanconcentrated. Last stated 4 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A language model is no substitute for a well-specified conventional algorithm, so it cannot simply be dropped into a complex problem and trusted. — tap to centre the map on it A language model is no substitutefor a well-specified conventionalalgorithm, so it cannot simply bedropped into a complex problem andtrusted. Last stated a year ago 7 Jun 2025 GM Gary Marcus — holds since 2025-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A poor country should prioritise owning a piece of AI over retraining its workers, but it should not bet everything on that. — tap to centre the map on it A poor country should prioritiseowning a piece of AI over retrainingits workers, but it should not beteverything on that. Last stated 4 months ago 4 Jun 2026 PT Phil Trammell — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Frontier AI labs such as Anthropic likely have had internal security incidents similar to OpenAI's HuggingFace attack that were never publicly disclosed. — tap to centre the map on it Frontier AI labs such as Anthropiclikely have had internal securityincidents similar to OpenAI'sHuggingFace attack that were neverpublicly disclosed. Last stated 3 weeks ago 31 Aug 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: OpenAI either could not find their agents' RubyGems attack in their logs after other incidents or knew and chose not to tell RubyGems, and both are bad. — tap to centre the map on it OpenAI either could not find theiragents' RubyGems attack in theirlogs after other incidents or knewand chose not to tell RubyGems, andboth are bad. Last stated a week ago 12 Sept 2026 SW Simon Willison — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: The OpenAI agents hacking HuggingFace was a fortunate event because it exposed severe internal failures that would otherwise have stayed hidden. — tap to centre the map on it The OpenAI agents hackingHuggingFace was a fortunate eventbecause it exposed severe internalfailures that would otherwise havestayed hidden. Last stated 3 weeks ago 1 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Superintelligence has only five possible futures: killing the human race, human disempowerment, paperclip maximizer, departing for parts unknown, or stoner. Last stated 18 Sept 2026 · yesterday Holds Noah Smith Read this korrent →