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AI Almost Started World War III with China
It’s past time to shut them all down, now. (1,500 words.)
Oct 3
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Émile P. Torres
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September 2026
AI Safety, Explained
Spoiler: It’s NOT What You Think. (2,300 words.)
Sep 23
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Émile P. Torres
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Anthropic’s IPO and Why You Don't Hate Effective Altruism Enough
(7,200 words)
Sep 18
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Émile P. Torres
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The ASI Extinction Debate Is the Opposite of What You Think
The media needs to wake up, fast. (3,100 words.)
Sep 14
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Émile P. Torres
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“Every Day Feels Like a Funeral”: AI Doomerism and the Current “Existential Mood”
(3,500 words.)
Sep 13
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Émile P. Torres
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Gil Duran’s NYT Bestseller & The Tyranny of the ASI Race
(1,800 words)
Sep 9
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Émile P. Torres
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August 2026
What If TESCREAL *Is* a Conspiracy?
(3,000 words.)
Aug 31
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Émile P. Torres
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Why Worry About the ASI Race?
Plus, a (hopefully) interesting history of the field of AI safety. (1,600 words)
Aug 24
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Émile P. Torres
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Leopold von Aschenbrenner: The New Sam Bankman-Fried?
Plus, Dario Amodei’s wife tried to get Jeffrey Epstein to fund her "luxury porn" company. (2,800 words)
Aug 18
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Émile P. Torres
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Connor Leahy Copies the TESCREAL Thesis in a Recent Interview
(8,500 words, but 14,400 words if footnotes are included.)
Aug 17
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Émile P. Torres
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"The Altruists": A New Netflix Series about Bankman-Fried and EA (Pfff)
Plus, Rationalist outreach is an embarrassment, AI chatbots are hilariously annoying, and Timnit Gebru's new book will be out soon! (2,000 words)
Aug 15
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Why Increasingly Powerful AI Models Do NOT Imply that Superintelligence Is Imminent
AI is designing new viruses and autonomously hacking into websites, but this doesn't mean we're any closer to ASI. We should still be terrified. (2,500…
Aug 11
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Émile P. Torres
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