Trump rejects global AI oversight
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President Donald Trump said at the United Nations the United States would call artificial intelligence "superintelligence", rejected a global oversight body and said the Justice Department could intervene.
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This is a pretty good, succinct explanation of the problem with 2026 effective altruism's pivot from bednets to AI doom risk:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | This well-meaning ideology fueling AI panic has a dark side
Effective altruism’s prophecy of risks from artificial intelligence could be self-fulfilling.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 22, 2026 at 6:02 PM
This is a pretty good, succinct explanation of the problem with 2026 effective altruism's pivot from bednets to AI doom risk:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Again, I would genuinely care less about all of this if not for the fact that proponents of weirdo rationalist/EA ideas about how preventing AI from killing us all is The Most Important Thing are now incredibly powerful and wealthy, and will likely get way more so with the Anthropic/OpenAI IPOs.
September 22, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Again, I would genuinely care less about all of this if not for the fact that proponents of weirdo rationalist/EA ideas about how preventing AI from killing us all is The Most Important Thing are now incredibly powerful and wealthy, and will likely get way more so with the Anthropic/OpenAI IPOs.
Having the AI fight with the insurance companies would be a plus though, no? ;-)
September 22, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Having the AI fight with the insurance companies would be a plus though, no? ;-)
Anyone out there predicting that primary care will be replaced by AI: fine, worried healthy people can talk to bots sometimes, probably.
But have you ever tried managing care or being a caregiver for someone who has multiple conditions and specialists? Like, 25% of Americans?
But have you ever tried managing care or being a caregiver for someone who has multiple conditions and specialists? Like, 25% of Americans?
September 22, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Anyone out there predicting that primary care will be replaced by AI: fine, worried healthy people can talk to bots sometimes, probably.
But have you ever tried managing care or being a caregiver for someone who has multiple conditions and specialists? Like, 25% of Americans?
But have you ever tried managing care or being a caregiver for someone who has multiple conditions and specialists? Like, 25% of Americans?
AI Leaders Are Standing On a Liability Landmine. Today's @wsj.com cites Veronica Paternolli and my paper on liability for agentic AI. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-l...
AI Leaders Are Standing On a Liability Landmine
Plus, Anthropic delays its IPO, and AI agents have trust issues.
www.wsj.com
September 22, 2026 at 5:37 PM
AI Leaders Are Standing On a Liability Landmine. Today's @wsj.com cites Veronica Paternolli and my paper on liability for agentic AI. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-l...
"The proposed channel, which Chinese officials have not publicly agreed to, would allow Bessent and He to contact one another in the event of an artificial intelligence related incident with national security implications."
So not a proper hotline like the Washington-Moscow messaging system, then.
So not a proper hotline like the Washington-Moscow messaging system, then.
‘The scientific, technical term is BS’: Inside the new Bessent-China AI hotline
It is not, at least for now, a broader formal system for the two governments to report or jointly respond to AI threats.
www.politico.com
September 22, 2026 at 5:05 PM
"The proposed channel, which Chinese officials have not publicly agreed to, would allow Bessent and He to contact one another in the event of an artificial intelligence related incident with national security implications."
So not a proper hotline like the Washington-Moscow messaging system, then.
So not a proper hotline like the Washington-Moscow messaging system, then.
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EXCLUSIVE: Scott Bessent proposed a new AI safety “notification mechanism” during a Sunday meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng.
But the proposal is far simpler than the term suggests: an open line of communication between the two officials.
But the proposal is far simpler than the term suggests: an open line of communication between the two officials.
‘The scientific, technical term is BS’: Inside the new Bessent-China AI hotline
It is not, at least for now, a broader formal system for the two governments to report or jointly respond to AI threats.
www.politico.com
September 22, 2026 at 4:25 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Scott Bessent proposed a new AI safety “notification mechanism” during a Sunday meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng.
But the proposal is far simpler than the term suggests: an open line of communication between the two officials.
But the proposal is far simpler than the term suggests: an open line of communication between the two officials.
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Handelsblatt
Creative Destruction: Perma-Frustration and Permadeath – How Could Our Control Over AI Have Gotten So Out of Hand?
The notion that runaway AI agents could suddenly become autonomous is not a law of nature. There are plenty of examples in the history of technology showing how this could be prevented.
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"Any [US-China] A.I. talks will be complicated by the fact that neither country is likely to agree to anything that restrains their own competitive ability, Mr. Mehta said."
Trump and Xi to Discuss A.I. Risks and Competition at US-China Summit (Gift Article)
Artificial intelligence is on the agenda when leaders from the United States and China meet this week. But with little consensus on a path forward, expectations are limited.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
"Any [US-China] A.I. talks will be complicated by the fact that neither country is likely to agree to anything that restrains their own competitive ability, Mr. Mehta said."
Keep your expectations low for this week’s visit of XI to the United States when it comes to AI regulation.
But be aware of how high are the stakes for humanity.
Here's what you should know. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/xi-and-the-dilemma-of-ai
But be aware of how high are the stakes for humanity.
Here's what you should know. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/xi-and-the-dilemma-of-ai
September 22, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Keep your expectations low for this week’s visit of XI to the United States when it comes to AI regulation.
But be aware of how high are the stakes for humanity.
Here's what you should know. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/xi-and-the-dilemma-of-ai
But be aware of how high are the stakes for humanity.
Here's what you should know. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/xi-and-the-dilemma-of-ai
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From @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me on what we should take from the 2026 summer of AI hype:
www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...
Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
Breathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny.
www.technologyreview.com
September 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM
From @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me on what we should take from the 2026 summer of AI hype:
www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...