This is part 2 of the weekly, broadly covering speculation, rhetoric and policy, along with alignment research.
AI #177 Part 2: Wish You Were Here
As usual, part 2 of the weekly deals with speculative, regulatory, political and alignment questions.
AI #176 Part 1: Doing It Live
Enough things added up that this week is getting split into two parts.
AI #179 Part 2: Hearing The Fire Alarm
This is a continuation of Part 1 from yesterday.
An Alignment Journal: Features and policies — LessWrong
We previously announced a forthcoming research journal for AI alignment. This cross-post from our blog describes our tentative plans for the features…
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Is there something it is like to be an AI?
Posted on Wednesday 2 Jul 2025. 1,593 words, 6 links. By Matt Webb.
Monthly Roundup #45: August 2026
As AI has escalated increasingly quickly, more and more of my posts have ended up focusing on AI.
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AI #177 Part 1: Tip of the Iceberg
This week saw the releases of, among other things:
#760: Gambling the future into existence
Plus: Cosmo for conservatives, AI;DR and being "agentic"
Selective Optimism: a critique of AI 2040
Some context for this post: I’ve been working part-time as a consultant for the AI Futures Project over the last year.
As promised, we’ve created a policy document outlining our thoughts on AI and agentic coding (AI for software development). We’re releasing a vote later this week for Blacksky community members to offer their feedback. We look forward to hearing from you all.
Blacksky Algorithms' Policy Towards Agentic Coding
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