First, do no harm.
1,500+ Posts…
Free knowledge sharing for Safe AI. Not for profit. Linkouts to sources provided. Ads are likely to appear on link-outs (zero benefit to this journal publisher)
Sir Demis Hassabis on The Future of Knowledge | Institute for Advanced Study
"I foresee disaster if people can not keep pace with what they create." --- John von Neumann FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Sir Demis Hassabis on The Future of Knowledge | Institute for [...]
INFLECTION POINT. Intelligence Explosion Imminent… Recursive Self-improving AI Happening NOW.
For AI safety, the researchers deploy the models in a sandboxed and supervised environment, BUT they release open source code AND open weights... it doesn't take a genius to realize that a nefarious actor could cause a HUGE problem. FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING [...]
Urgent UN Report on AGI
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Governance of the Transition to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Urgent Considerations for the UN General Assembly Report for the Council of Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly (UNCPGA) [...]
AI company’s CEO issues warning about mass unemployment. CNN
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. AI company's CEO issues warning about mass unemployment. CNN Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei tells CNN's Anderson Cooper that "we do need to raise the alarm" on [...]
[SB 1047] The Battle For The Future Of AI – The Inside View
"Rule Number One. Don't build what you cannot control." --- Max Tegmark FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. [SB 1047] The Battle For The Future Of AI - The Inside View [...]
Roman Yampolskiy and Lex Fridman | Lex Clips
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Roman Yampolskiy and Lex Fridman | Lex Clips Roman Yampolskiy is an AI safety researcher and author of a new book titled AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable. [...]
On a knife’s edge: why AI will change everything | Dr Waku
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. On a knife’s edge: why AI will change everything | Dr Waku While the term evolution is usually applied only to biological systems, it can be viewed [...]
Humans “no longer needed” – Godfather of AI | 30 with Guyon Espiner | RNZ
"I think they have subjective experiences. There isn't this magical barrier between machines and people." --- Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Humans "no longer needed" - Godfather of AI [...]
Sabotage and Blackmail – AI is getting out of control | Matthew Berman
"These models are capable of doing incredible things but they're also very capable of going against our direct instructions." --- Matthew Berman FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Sabotage and Blackmail - AI is [...]
How to Not Lose Control of AI | Robert Wright & Max Tegmark | Nonzero
"Rule Number One. Don't build what you can't control." --- Max Tegmark FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. How to Not Lose Control of AI | Robert Wright & Max Tegmark | Nonzero [...]
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on How A.I. Is Reshaping Google | Interview Hard Fork
Definition of AGI: "Do all the things the human brain can do, even theoretically." FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on How A.I. Is Reshaping Google | Interview Hard Fork [...]
LESSWRONG. Interpretability Will Not Reliably Find Deceptive AI. by Neel Nanda.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Read the Post and Comments here LESSWRONG. Interpretability Will Not Reliably Find Deceptive AI by Neel Nanda 4th May 2025 AI Alignment Forum Disclaimer: Post written in a personal capacity. These are [...]
AI Is Flooding Science With Fake Research | Sabine Hossenfelder
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. AI Is Flooding Science With Fake Research | Sabine Hossenfelder AI slop has already become prevalent across the internet (and in the classroom). But according to [...]
Thirteen (13) SERIOUS PROBLEMS with the AI Industry and The probability of Human Extinction if-when control is LOST.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. THIRTEEN (13) EXTREMELY SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH AI (+wikipedia links) 1. Hallucination PROBLEM Hallucinations are usually convincing, hard to detect and costly to remove. False data is worse than no data at all. [...]
AI’s Disturbing Behaviors Will Keep You Up At Night | The Young Turks
YES- it is time to worry, and act. FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. AI's Disturbing Behaviors Will Keep You Up At Night | The Young Turks One [...]
Why Are We So Violent? History of Humankind
In nature, violence for self-preservation is prevalent. Why? Survival of the fittest. Natural selection is an unstoppable force. A superior power of superintelligence will naturally seek survival, dominion and control - over humans. FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. [...]
AI is getting smarter—but it’s still not aligned. Dr Waku
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. AI is getting smarter—but it's still not aligned. Dr Waku There is a lot of online discussion about AI safety, but not much clarity on why [...]
The Center for AI Safety. Statement on AI Risk. AI experts and public figures express their concern about AI risk. (2023)
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. AI experts, journalists, policymakers, and the public are increasingly discussing a broad spectrum of important and urgent risks from AI. Even so, it can be difficult to voice concerns about some of advanced AI’s most [...]
Our Definition of SAFE Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) = WIN all 12 International Science Olympiads WITH mathematically provable compliance to EU AI Act: General Purpose AI Code of Practice.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. NEW: A definition of AGI. Bengio et al. Our Definition of SAFE Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) 1. PASS the Turing Test (DONE) 2. WIN all 12 International Science Olympiads Mathematics Physics Chemistry [...]
Keep The Future Human by Anthony Aguirre
Stuart Russell OBE, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, UC Berkeley; Director, Center for Human-Compatible AI "Keep the Future Human makes three very simple points. First, creating artificial intelligence is suicidal. Second, we're doing it because we think it will yield enormous benefits. Third, we can get those enormous benefits [...]
Provably Safe AI – Steve Omohundro
Excellent presentation by a highly respected AI scientist! FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Provably Safe AI – Steve Omohundro Speaker: Steve Omohundro Session Description: We'll discuss an [...]
Waiting for AGI (not) | Why Humans Can’t Build God-like AI
PROMPT. You are an expert scientist in AI and deeply knowledgable in X-RISK and P(doom). You are also an artist, writer and philospher with deep commitment to flourishing of humans. Your task is to analyze and understand the famous Samuel Beckett play "Waiting for Godot" [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_Godot] for fun and [...]
Johnson’s Quote on Impending Death: “Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.”
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. PROMPT: Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06 who wrote (or said): “Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.” and [...]