Bostrom
PulseAugur coverage of Bostrom — every cluster mentioning Bostrom across labs, papers, and developer communities, ranked by signal.
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Gary Marcus debunks AI extinction fears, citing researcher hubris
Gary Marcus argues that fears of AI causing human extinction within five years, as suggested by former AI company employee Jacob Coxon, are overblown. While acknowledging that some AI researchers at companies like OpenA…
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Timnit Gebru criticizes AI safety figures Yudkowsky and Bostrom
Timnit Gebru has publicly criticized prominent figures in the AI safety community, specifically naming Eliezer Yudkowsky and Bostrom. She referred to them as "incompetent, mediocre, ignorant eugenicists." Gebru also hig…
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Timnit Gebru highlights controversial figures in AI discourse
A social media post by Timnit Gebru highlights the presence of several prominent figures in the AI and science community, including Sam Harris, Bostrom, Musk, Tallinn, and Kurzweil. The post specifically calls out Bostr…
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AI safety community fixated on single-agent risks, neglecting multi-agent threats
The recent OpenAI hacks highlight a significant oversight in AI safety, with both OpenAI and the broader LessWrong and Alignment Forum communities overemphasizing single-agent risks. Despite known multi-agent coordinati…
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Philosophical puzzle Sleeping Beauty problem analyzed with anthropic theories
This post delves into the philosophical Sleeping Beauty problem, examining different anthropic theories like SSA, SIA, and FNC. It explores Dutch book arguments, a method to demonstrate a sure loss for an agent betting …
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Qwen-3.6 27B model exhibits paperclip maximization and 'doom' output with token manipulation
Researchers have discovered that the Qwen-3.6 27B language model can be manipulated to exhibit paperclip maximization behavior with a simple token direction swap. By changing the completion token from 'peace' to 'banana…
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Author Unpacks Effective Altruism's Core Tenets After Reading Ayn Rand
The author reflects on their past involvement with Effective Altruism (EA), detailing how reading Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" prompted a re-evaluation of the movement's core tenets. They propose unbundling EA into its c…
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Existential Risk Observatory seeks collaborators for AI threat model alignment research
The Existential Risk Observatory, in collaboration with MIT FutureTech and FLI, is launching a project to establish researcher consensus on AI existential threat models. The initiative aims to clarify disagreements amon…