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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)
 • Émile P. Torres
Connor Leahy Copies the TESCREAL Thesis in a Recent Interview
(8,500 words, but 14,400 words if footnotes are included.)
 • Émile P. Torres
"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)
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…
 • Émile P. Torres
"AI 2040" Is a Shitshow
(3,300 words)
 • Émile P. Torres

July 2026

Realtime Techpocalypse Has Its First Birthday!
This newsletter is now a 1-year-old. A look at some of the past year's highlights.
 • Émile P. Torres
Nick Bostrom Took Many of His "Best" Ideas from Other People
An investigation with examples so you can decide for yourself. (7,300 words)
 • Émile P. Torres
Dean Ball Rejects "AI Communism" and Gaia Continues to Fight Back
Plus, an upcoming Ethics of Human Extinction Reading Group event that you don't want to miss! (2,500 words)
 • Émile P. Torres
Covering the Alps in Giant Tarps and Other Climate-Related News
(2,000 words)
 • Émile P. Torres
Skeptical of the TESCREAL Acronym? Read This.
Artificial superintelligence, the Silicon Valley worldview, and the narcissism of small differences. (6,100 words)
 • Émile P. Torres
Sojourning in the Land of Alexander the Great
Some videos and pictures from my stay in the lovely lakeside city of Ohrid.
 • Émile P. Torres

June 2026

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