How Consumer Brain Monitoring Devices Are Reading Your Mind Without Your Knowledge The Meditation Session That Changed Everything Sarah Chen thought she was simply buying a meditation aid. The sleek headband promised to help her focus better during her daily mindfulness practice, using "advanced EEG sensors" to provide

The following is a logical argument for AI-caused catastrophes, assuming current trajectories of development, broken down into premises that build upon one another until they reach the catastrophic conclusion. Premise 1: AI systems are demonstrating rapid capability gains across domains, with measurable improvements in reasoning, planning, and autonomous action. Multiple

Suppose you believe AGI (or superintelligence) will be created in the future. In that case, you should also acknowledge its super capabilities in addressing effective altruism (EA) problems like global health and development, pandemics, animal welfare, and impactful decision-making. Suppose you don't believe superintelligence is possible. In that

CodyAlbert-EthicsNexusWhitePaperCodyAlbert-EthicsNexusWhitePaper.pdf1 MBdownload-circle The link above downloads a white paper I've been working on for the past two months. It proposes Ethics Nexus, an international collaborative AI safety research hub that addresses the critical imbalance between advancements in AI capabilities and safety research. Its mission is to systematically

Often, the control problem is conflated with the alignment problem. I think it’s important to define and distinguish between the two because it progresses the narrative in AI that advanced AI can be aligned, but cannot be controlled. Let’s take a closer look at what we ought to

The following is an examination of Anthropic's Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP), which was updated on October 15, 2024. Known for placing a higher priority on safety than other AI companies, Anthropic has developed what may be the most comprehensive approach toward scaling from which other actors can learn.

Of all the near-term risk posed by AI, CBRNs (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear hazards) appear to be the easiest to develop and thus highest near-term threat that we currently face from AI, especially regarding biological weapons. CBRN hazards regulations aim to eliminate the risk of AI-developed CBRNs. The US

I've been reflecting on concerns related to fast and slow takeoff scenarios and our capacity to maintain control during critical transitions in AI development. These reflections have led me to a counterintuitive conclusion about AI governance that I want to explore with the community. In this post, I