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Biorisk is an Unhelpful Analogy for AI Risk
There are two main areas of catastrophic or existential risk which have recently received significant attention; biorisk, from natural sources…
May 6
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February 2024
"Open Source AI" isn't Open Source
It's not free as in beer, or free as in speech, but free as in... what, exactly?
Feb 15
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Safe Stasis Fallacy
A critical failure mode in many discussions of technological risk is the assumption that maintaining status quo for technology would lead to maintaining…
Feb 5
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January 2024
AI Is Not Software
What we call AI in 2024 is not software. It's kind of natural to put it in the same category as other things that run on a computer, but thinking about…
Jan 2
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December 2023
My Personal Priorities, Charity, Judaism, and Effective Altruism
I’ve thought a lot about charitable giving over the past decade, both from a universalist and from a Jewish standpoint. I have a few thoughts, including…
Dec 1, 2023
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August 2023
What is autonomy for AI?
And how does it lead to greater risk?
Aug 1, 2023
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June 2023
Safety Culture for AI: Perspectives and Challenges
Summarizing my new preprint.
Jun 26, 2023
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Brief thoughts on Data, Reporting, and Response for AI Risk Mitigation
An idea I’ve been thinking a lot about recently is risk mitigation for AI companies, how this is handled in other industries, and what can be learned…
Jun 15, 2023
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"LLMs Don't Have a Coherent Model of the World"
What it Means, Why it Matters
Jun 1, 2023
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May 2023
Systems that cannot be unsafe cannot be safe
Stop saying that large language models are currently safe.
May 2, 2023
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April 2023
Coming soon
This is David’s Substack.
Apr 11, 2023
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January 2023
Grading 2022 Predictions
I have been busy, but I need to grade previous year predictions, so here goes — not all are graded or final, since we don’t have all of…
Jan 16, 2023
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