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Nick Bostrom’s Pro-Superintelligence Paper Is an Embarrassment
(4,300 words)
Feb 15
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Émile P. Torres
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Mars Colonies Cancelled, the Doomsday Clock Ticks Forward, and a TESCREAL Quiz
Plus a short discussion about whether your brain is a computer. (2,000 words)
Feb 11
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Émile P. Torres
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TESCREALists Keep Lying About Human Extinction
No group of people is screaming louder than the TESCREALists about the risk of human extinction. Yet many of them simultaneously ENDORSE the extinction…
Feb 9
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Émile P. Torres
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Eliezer Yudkowsky and the Unabomber Have a Lot in Common
(4,400 words)
Feb 5
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Émile P. Torres
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January 2026
A Philosopher Explains Quantum Computers
Or, at least, tries their best to! (8,700 words)
Jan 30
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Émile P. Torres
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The Moral Cowardice of Leading Effective Altruists (and How EA Has Probably Made the World Worse)
(3,500 words)
Jan 28
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Émile P. Torres
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Larry Ellison Goofs Up / Realtime DeepFakes Are Here / and What the Fermi Paradox Has to Do With AGI
(2,700 words)
Jan 24
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Émile P. Torres
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TESCREALism and the Race to Build an AI God
(1,500 words)
Jan 19
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Émile P. Torres
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Tech Billionaires Build Apocalypse Bunkers to Save Themselves from the World They Destroyed
But who will protect them from us once they've all retreated to their underground shelters? (1,800 words)
Jan 17
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Émile P. Torres
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Why I Fled the US
I have left the US and hope to never return.
Jan 13
•
Émile P. Torres
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Five Reasons the Doomsday Clock Will Tick Forward in Two Weeks
The world is facing unprecedented challenges: climate change, nuclear proliferation, the impending dissolution of NATO, AI, and social media. Will our…
Jan 11
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Émile P. Torres
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Are You Suffering from Crisis Fatigue?
Some AI-related news you might have missed, followed by a discussion of what I call "crisis fatigue." (2,300 words)
Jan 6
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Émile P. Torres
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