Superintelligence threatens us all. But we can turn the tide. Directly engaging institutions is the obvious, straightforward path. We've done it, now it's time to scale. We're releasing the Direct Institutional Plan (DIP) so everyone can help keep humanity in control.

NEW: ACLU obtained ICE's "Alien Enemies Act Validation Guide," confirming all it takes to be sent to rot in prison in El Salvador is 1) having a tattoo an ICE officer says is a "gang tattoo" and 2) displaying "logos," "symbols," or clothes an ICE officer says are gang signs.

Keep the Future Human makes a simple argument: we should build controllable AI tools that complement and empower people, not uncontrollable AGI and superintelligence to replace humans. The vast majority of people would agree. And yet this is not what is happening: some of the

I gather not everyone groks why I find this so troubling. So let's talk about what we mean when we say "rule of law." More specifically, let's talk about what the Nobel Prize–winning economist Friedrich Hayek wrote about it. (A thread.) x.com/David_J_Bier/s…

Too many ppl working in AI feel they cant speak up when something is wrong Introd bipart legislation 2day 2 ensure whistleblower protections cover those developing + deploying AI TRANSPARENCY BRINGS ACCOUNTABILITY

My colleague Ian McKenzie spent six hours red-teaming Claude 4 Opus, and easily bypassed safeguards designed to block WMD development. Claude gave >15 pages of non-redundant instructions for sarin gas, describing all key steps in the manufacturing process.

The tragic part about DOGE’s failure is that this was truly a once in a generation opportunity to solve the biggest problem that our country faces. You had a private sector guy with unlimited money that could withstand heat and criticism. You had a president who is completely

Joyfully deleting the United Airlines app. Not because they stranded us on the tarmac on both sides of a turbulent SF/Chicago flight, causing me to have to sprint, exhausted, from ORD concourse B to concourse E and leave my checked bag in the Windy City But because the app sucks.

New working paper (pre-review), maybe my most important in recent years. I examine the evidence for the US-China race to AGI and decisive strategic advantage, & analyse the impact this narrative is having on our prospects for cooperation on safety. 1/5 papers.ssrn.com/abstract=52786…

“The Big Beautiful Bill contains a provision to ban AI regulation by the States for 10 years. This is like walking at night in the African jungle blindfolded and handcuffed. Strike the moratorium on AI regulation from the BBB. If John Connor  from the Terminator had an X account,

Abundance Institute Neil Chilson ⤴️⬆️🆙📈 🚀 Taylor B. Hey, where's your funding from?

Current AI “alignment” is just a mask Our findings in The Wall Street Journal explore the limitations of today’s alignment techniques and what’s needed to get AI right 🧵

The AI 2027 scenario is terrifying and important. More people should be thinking about how radical change might come over the next few years, how likely it is, and how a sane world would be reacting to it. We want to bring you into the story, and the conversation. Video here: