Its time to ensure control over the future of AI is in the hands of everyday people. Ban superintelligence now.
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Jun 12
I really, really wish this were the whole story.
The problem is, if superintelligence really is possible, this will cause power to eventually get highly highly concentrated. What's the future for distributed power with superintelligence.
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Jun 12
I should say, I think the two places that are most likely to dangerously concentrate power is the US Government and Anthropic, both actors I belived @JordanSchachtel is concerned about.
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Jun 12
But I think he deals with the tech in a way he wishes it to be, not in the way I actually think it will go. Unfortunately, if superintelligence is possible, I think we are in hard mode, and preserving distributed power is a LOT harder
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Gideon Futerman retweeted
Jun 11
Federal pre-emption on AI is a non-starter.
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Jun 11
This tweet confuses me insofar as Ant and OpenAI are both building more-or-less the same thing using more-or-less the same paradigm. Whether AIs are sentient and whether RSI fooms to a machine god aren't determined by corporate values statements.
Jun 9
The OAI / Anthropic values difference is deeply misunderstood, even within the walls of both. Should a loving ensouled machine God watch over humanity? Vote Anthropic. Should humanity be entrusted with the tools of its own progress and destiny? Vote OpenAI.
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Gideon Futerman retweeted
Jun 11
Preempting states re: AI without enacting a sensible federal framework is just an amnesty for Big Tech.
Combined with a potential de facto bailout of OpenAI, it represents bad policy and even worse politics.
Jun 11
"INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE AI STRATEGY — The White House is exploring a plan to block state-level AI laws by trying to attach preemption legislation to bills designed to shore up kids’ safety online, Brendan Bordelon, Cheyenne Haslett and Gabby Miller report."
Don't fall for the honey pot.
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*sigh*
These updates are soooooooo predictable.
now on the eve of RSI it seems everyone is more mutual conditional pause agreement pilled than they used to be and that seems like a good development
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Jun 10
Part of the slowness of the policy process is by Anthropic's design.
They, and other labs, could have chosen to move faster on regulation, supported bills that had actual teeth more strongly, starting in 2024. They chose not to. Thats on them. But we all feel the consequences
Jun 10
Today I'm publishing a new essay, Policy on the AI Exponential. AI is progressing extremely fast—much faster than the policy process was built to handle. The essay lays out where I think the technology is now, and the action needed to close the gap: darioamodei.com/post/policy-…
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Gideon Futerman retweeted
Jun 10
Last few days have been all about patrician power. CEOs of leading labs deigning to consider a pause; Claude deciding whether it'll help you on the fly. Some people love the first and hate the second, and vice versa. The point is that you don't get a say. Feels like augurings of a new aristocracy.
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Had Claude Fable create a list of projects that I had done a couple of days ago with Opus 4.8.
Can't say it was much more impressive; arguably one decent idea in multiple attempts, and even that is fairly derivative.
Obviously low compute usage, but still
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This is an underexplored area I was doing it in, but still, it does slightly surprise me. There is probably a bunch of delta in good scaffolds for conceptual research.
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Honestly, even as a Brit, Washington is one of the few, genuine, great men of history.
By surrenerding the sword, refusing kingship, and then retiring after his presidency, he arguably did more than anyone else to create the conditions for republicanism.
Jun 9
No. Washington earned the esteem and admiration of his countrymen first by winning the war and then by surrendering his sword rather than seize power after the improbable victory.
The American people followed him because they trusted him. It wasn’t rooted in his “personality,” but in his example and in his deeds.
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This is why Houdon's statue of Washington as Cincinatus is one of my favourite statues. I've never seen the original, but have the copy in Trafalgar Square.
So few sculptures have been able to communicate so much through fairly subtle symbolism.
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Jun 8
I doubt Democrats will produce good policy re: AI, but Republicans have allowed them to capitalize on public concern about the power and influence of Big Tech by failing to adopt a sensible framework that will protect the public from the very real downsides of the technology.
A policy that says transhumanists in Silicon Valley should be able to do what they want is not an acceptable approach, nor is it a politically viable approach.
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Jun 8
Preventing AI takeover is not a left-wing vs right-wing issue.
It's a survival vs extinction issue.
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This could be one of the most impactful roles currently out there.
AI politics is in dire need of intelligent and rapid funding to be deployed. My honest view is a relatively small number (and dollar amount) of well spent grants could entirely transform the landscape!
Jun 6
I've made some great hires on my AI governance team and we're continuing to pick up the pace. Lots to do in the next 12 months. Our next hire will be a senior researcher-operator who wants to aggressively build out in AI politics and policy. Send me EOIs and referrals!
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Gideon Futerman retweeted
Jun 5
@HawleyMO introduced the AI Risk Evaluation Act back in September 2025. Eight months later, Washington is finally waking up to the case for national security testing of powerful AI. He saw it first. He led first. The OG on this fight.
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Gideon Futerman retweeted
Jun 5
Our highest and most urgent national priority should be AI safeguards. The risks of AI weapons, pathogens, mass unemployment, surveillance, and even extinction must not continue to be largely ignored.
Anthropic Urges Global Pause in AI Development, Flags ‘Self-Improvement’ Risk on.wsj.com/4o5IBpe
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Gideon Futerman retweeted
Jun 4
At ControlAI we've talked to nearly 400 lawmakers across the US, UK, Canada and Germany in the last 18 months, plus staff in 100 congressional offices.
For most of them, meeting with us was the first time they learned about the threat from ASI.
We need much, much more of this
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