Obsolete
Garrison LovelyReporting and analysis on capitalism, great power competition, and the race to build machine superintelligence from journalist w/ work in NYT, Nature, BBC, TIME, and more.
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| Issues | 71 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 5 months ago |
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The Doomers Feel Undeterred - My Latest for MIT Tech Review
I was invited to contribute to MIT Technology Review’s new package of stories on Hype Correction. It evolved from a feature into a collection of interviews. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a chance to include everyone’s perspective here, but a...
The End of OpenAI’s Nonprofit Era
I interrupt my frantic book writing to bring you an update on OpenAI’s restructuring. We will return to our irregularly scheduled programming after my November 21st deadline.
This morning, the Delaware and California attorneys general cond...
No, AI Progress is Not Grinding to a Halt
The growing media consensus is clear: GPT-5 is a disappointment that signals AI progress is hitting a wall. But this juicy narrative is wrong, a potent example of expectations shaping reality.
For insiders, the release of GPT-4 was perhaps...
What Happens When AI Schemes Against Us - My Latest in Bloomberg
I wrote this week’s Bloomberg Weekend Essay. I get into the alarming rise of AI scheming — blackmail, deceit, hacking, and, in some extreme cases, murder. Here’s the start of the piece, with a gift link here (with voiceover narration). Acco...
Human-level AI is Not Inevitable. We Have the Power to Change Course - My Latest in The Guardian
I was in The Guardian last week arguing that artificial general intelligence (AGI) is not inevitable. Here’s the start of the piece, which is freely available here. Accompanying threads: X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, Bluesky, Threads. Thi...
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