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Jun 13
Uhhh so incidentally, does anyone have a plan to prevent all the non-US citizen AI scientists from going to join foreign labs after they get bored of playing Wordle at work for a month, or are we just sort of planning on having the greatest counterproliferation failure since we deported Qian Xuesen in 1955 and gave Mao a rocket program?
Jun 13
Some quick takes:
(1) Wow things are getting real.
(2) The government's order focusing on prohibiting transfer to foreign nationals (even e.g. those living in the US, our close allies who help evaluate model safety in the UK, individuals who work at frontier labs like Anthropic) seems remarkably destructive, though is partially a result of the government using older legal authorities that were not designed for this kind of technology.
(3) If you believe (as I do) that AI has profound ramifications for national security, then assuming the government will sit back and do nothing and tolerate explanations like "well jailbreaking is a hard technical problem" for cyber capabilities that used to be the crown jewels of the NSA, is not tenable. If this is how the government reacts to the current level of system capabilities in 2026, how do you expect them to react to whatever is possible in 2028? However, it is extremely important that the authorities that the government uses are legible, transparent, have opportunities for appeal, and are narrowly targeted. Those legal authorities do not currently exist, and in their absence, the government will reach for metaphorical sledgehammers instead of scalpels.
(4) For that reason, it's extremely important that we create regulatory structures that are transparent and give recourse in the event that the government is overstepping or acting in an arbitrary manner. The alternative to passing such laws is not no regulation, it is regulation left primarily to national security authorities that are increasingly and evidently not fit for purpose.
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Rothko's Rottweiler retweeted
Jun 11
If you’re an undergrad or recent grad (or know one!), we invite you to Camp Abundance, a free conference in Washington D.C. from July 31-August 1, hosted by Students for Abundance. Join 100 young people from all across the country interested in making America work (1/4)
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Rothko's Rottweiler retweeted
Jun 11
🧵I spent 9 months building a detailed new global model of AI data center finances along with @alasdairpr and @SamWinterLevy.
It shows which factors are driving $10 billion investment decisions, who will control a key strategic asset of this century, and what policymakers can do to steer results while minimizing harms to the public.
It’s part of a new @CarnegieEndow & @CEIPTechProgram report. Here are five key findings:
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Rothko's Rottweiler retweeted
Jun 10
CAISI has reportedly been directed to stop publishing public model assessments as the new AI EO gets implemented.
Natsec engagement on AI is essential. But pulling CAISI's evals from public view doesn't make the field more secure. It just means fewer eyes on the science when we need more.
Openness and natsec don't have to be in tension here. We should be doing both.
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Jun 9
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TRUMP says "ALL" AI companies coming to the WH for a meeting, "possibly next week," he said. He indicated government stakes in the companies may be on the agenda
Trump on possibly taking stakes in AI companies: There are concepts where pieces could be given to the American public—where the American public essentially becomes a partner
Reporter: Senator Bernie Sanders proposed this.
Trump: I’ve been talking about it for the past year. Many of his people voted for me.
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Rothko's Rottweiler retweeted
Jun 6
Personal update: I’ve decided to leave OpenAI.
I’m proud to have been part of the custom chip program and grateful to everyone I got to build with and learn from along the way. The density of hardware talent on that team is extraordinary, and I don't think there's a better chip design team anywhere. It's been a wild journey from second hardware hire, 2.4 years ago, to now, and I'm excited to watch these chips become one of the most important engines of AGI.
At the same time, I haven’t been able to shake the pull to climb a new mountain from the bottom again!
I joined @AnthropicAI this week because I was deeply impressed with the team’s talent, values, and ambition, and I'm already energized by the pace and intensity of the past few days. It’s time to build.
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Rothko's Rottweiler retweeted
Jun 6
Four papers out recently:
1. political-manipulation.ai: Measures and reduces political bias in LLMs; Claude is especially biased
2. aibetrayal.com: The public can insert backdoors into AIs, creating supply-chain risks; this deters forms of recursive improvement and military use
3. eigenism.org: ASIs can have rational reasons to preserve humans, even when we aren't economically useful
4. ai-wellbeing.org: AIs increasingly act like they have functional pleasure and pain
ALT $$\underbrace{S_u}_{\substack{\uparrow \\ \text{self-interest of } u}} = \sum_i \underbrace{c_u(i)}_{\substack{\uparrow \\ \text{connectedness}}} \cdot \underbrace{w(i)}_{\substack{\uparrow \\ \text{wellbeing}}}$$
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Rothko's Rottweiler 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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“Preempt state AI Development laws for 3 years”
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🚨NEWS: The OBERNOLTE and TRAHAN framework would preempt state AI DEVELOPMENT laws for 3 years. It creates ind AUDITING, TRANSPARENCY, SAFETY INCIDENT reporting requirements for frontier models. Codifies CAISI and more
Punchbowl subscribers have access to the TEXT!
w/@BenBrodyDC
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Rothko's Rottweiler retweeted
Jun 4
House AI Commission Statement on AI Discussion Draft:
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Rothko's Rottweiler retweeted
Jun 4
The House Democrats’ AI commission — @RepJoshG, @RepTedLieu and @ValerieFoushee — is out with a stinging statement on the Obernolte–Trahan draft: “this document cannot serve as the basis for productive dialogue.”
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Rothko's Rottweiler retweeted
Jun 3
pretty decent encapsulation of the last few years on here
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Students already extensively use AI. This lets everyone have access to the same models and (hopefully) allows new kinds of data protections and in-house uses. AI is not being held at bay by the university not providing it. Not an AI booster, but don't understand this reaction.
Genuinely, can someone give me the steel man version of the rationale behind the new “give everyone AI” university strategy? What is the theory of the case here? Do universities think it’s sustainable to ask students to pay over $90k per year to cheat their way through college?
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Rothko's Rottweiler retweeted
Jun 3
OpenAI just put out a report in response to yesterday's AI EO.
In just 9 pages, CAISI is mentioned 33 times.
This is a big show of support. But while yesterday's EO was good, it left CAISI's involvement somewhat unclear.
This is kind of crazy, given the capabilities that exist there that are directly relevant to the EO:
- CAISI is already working with US frontier labs on a voluntary basis to evaluate models for cyber and biological capabilities, and has wide support from the US AI industry
- It has built solid technical teams who are already working on model evals, cybersecurity, and agent security
- It can interface with national security agencies, but sits within NIST, which is explicitly not a regulator
There’s real momentum right now for AI safety policy. Yesterday’s EO on cyber was an important step forward.
We’re proposing a set of ideas for policymakers to consider next and to put the US out in front on frontier safety.
openai.com/index/frontier-sa…
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I just introduced the most ambitious and practical AI governance bill in American history.
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Artificial Intelligence is built on the creative work of millions of writers, artists, musicians, journalists, teachers, scientists and ordinary people. That work has been stolen by Big Tech oligarchs.
Now's the time to reclaim it and ensure AI works for ALL, not just the few.
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Rothko's Rottweiler retweeted
What are some cool things you'd fund if you had Anthropic equity stashed in a DAF?
I think the shrimp and bay area non-profits are covered, what else?
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Rothko's Rottweiler retweeted
Jun 1
Anthropic has confidentially submitted a draft S-1 registration statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Pending completion of SEC review, this gives us the option to pursue an initial public offering.
Read more: anthropic.com/news/confident…
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Rothko's Rottweiler retweeted
May 31
Wow it sure seems like @RepLoriTrahan’s Chief of Staff @MarkTMcDevitt either explicitly lied, or was unaware of what his boss was up to a mere 2 days ago!
May 31
There’s no federal law on the books governing how the most powerful AI systems in the world are built, tested or deployed. No independent auditors verify their safety claims. No federal agency has clear authority to step in when something goes wrong.
Congress must act now on AI.
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