OpenAI Announces 100 Math Breakthroughs
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OpenAI announced its AI had solved more than 100 longstanding mathematical problems and enlisted leading academics to explain the breakthroughs amid security worries and surging open-source AI development.
Reposted by Henry Farrell
Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nick Land may now be the two most influential intellectuals in America's AI debate—and that tells you how badly the conversation has gone wrong. When "machine god: good or evil?" is the only question on the table, every question actually worth asking gets thrown away... 1/
CROSSPOST: HENRY FARRELL: Machine God Metaphors Eat Your Brain
Henry’s subheadling: “There are other ways of thinking about AI”; socio-cultural technology, normal Schumpeterian creative-destruction, new windows into the real ASI of human knowledge for three...
braddelong.substack.com
September 22, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nick Land may now be the two most influential intellectuals in America's AI debate—and that tells you how badly the conversation has gone wrong. When "machine god: good or evil?" is the only question on the table, every question actually worth asking gets thrown away... 1/
Excellent and ambitious paper on 'AI-Assurance Ecosystems: Building the Infrastructure to Enable Confident Adoption of Safe AI' ...
institute.global/insights/tec... #Assurance #AI #Ecosystem
institute.global/insights/tec... #Assurance #AI #Ecosystem
institute.global
September 22, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Excellent and ambitious paper on 'AI-Assurance Ecosystems: Building the Infrastructure to Enable Confident Adoption of Safe AI' ...
institute.global/insights/tec... #Assurance #AI #Ecosystem
institute.global/insights/tec... #Assurance #AI #Ecosystem
Working people are worried about what an AI future would look like. Not doomsday—but privacy, discrimination and job replacement.
That’s why America’s unions fight for AI guardrails in the workplace and in our contracts to protect our jobs and rights.
That’s why America’s unions fight for AI guardrails in the workplace and in our contracts to protect our jobs and rights.
How Unions Are Confronting A.I. Threats in the Workplace
The machinists union shows how workers are negotiating for a say in the ways artificial intelligence is used in their workplaces.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Working people are worried about what an AI future would look like. Not doomsday—but privacy, discrimination and job replacement.
That’s why America’s unions fight for AI guardrails in the workplace and in our contracts to protect our jobs and rights.
That’s why America’s unions fight for AI guardrails in the workplace and in our contracts to protect our jobs and rights.
My updated article on challenges of AI includes a new section on laws to maintain human responsibility for corporations. The public may have an interest in ensuring that the corporate economy is controlled by people who can be held responsible for their decisions.
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An Economic Perspective on the Potential Challenges of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) has enormous potential to transform our world, for better or worse, in ways that defy our comprehension. But we must try to understand the possible impacts of AI, lest its...
substack.com
September 22, 2026 at 5:53 PM
My updated article on challenges of AI includes a new section on laws to maintain human responsibility for corporations. The public may have an interest in ensuring that the corporate economy is controlled by people who can be held responsible for their decisions.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Reposted by Sarah Roberts
i do believe AI “works” and is extremely powerful. i’m sure machine learning can also be used for good. many of the uses to which it is being put seem to be both destructive and morally repugnant & maybe a little more discussion of that would be good :) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose
Data science helps determine who receives betting incentives, but the company has resisted using similar technology to protect gamblers at risk of addiction.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 5:46 PM
i do believe AI “works” and is extremely powerful. i’m sure machine learning can also be used for good. many of the uses to which it is being put seem to be both destructive and morally repugnant & maybe a little more discussion of that would be good :) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...
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.
Reposted by Massimo Faggioli
Biggest increase in AI usage in 'global north' countries?
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Global south countries? - School
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Global south countries? - School
September 22, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Biggest increase in AI usage in 'global north' countries?
- Shopping
Global south countries? - School
- Shopping
Global south countries? - School
Reposted by Jonathan Wolff
"One contractor said they see people using AI “all the time and people are let go for it all the time, it’s pretty much the one thing that will get you kicked off ASAP.” The person said, “in a group of thousands there are tons that have been caught.”
www.404media.co/people-train...
www.404media.co/people-train...
People Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI
OpenAI has thousands and thousands of contractors helping improve the company's AI models. Multiple contractors have been fired for using AI to train the AI.
www.404media.co
September 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM
"One contractor said they see people using AI “all the time and people are let go for it all the time, it’s pretty much the one thing that will get you kicked off ASAP.” The person said, “in a group of thousands there are tons that have been caught.”
www.404media.co/people-train...
www.404media.co/people-train...
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
(Also, what exactly *is* the supposed mechanism for an AI apocalypse? Is it that they hack into the nuclear launch codes, or something? I can tell you what are the many varied mechanisms by which climate change, and its intersections with society, will produce injury, but…)
September 22, 2026 at 3:42 PM
(Also, what exactly *is* the supposed mechanism for an AI apocalypse? Is it that they hack into the nuclear launch codes, or something? I can tell you what are the many varied mechanisms by which climate change, and its intersections with society, will produce injury, but…)
www.programmablemutter.com/p/machine-go... what it says on the package
Machine god metaphors eat your brain
There are other ways of thinking about AI
www.programmablemutter.com
September 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
www.programmablemutter.com/p/machine-go... what it says on the package
by Janet Murray
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... Excellent technical and ideological demystification of the sloppy development processes that encourage cheating and hacking by AI agents .
Dreaming Against the Machine
Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Weekly · What might a good future look like?
Explore ideas about how to envision better, realistic, equitable futures with astrophysicist and journalist Dr. Adam B...
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September 22, 2026 at 2:19 PM
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... Excellent technical and ideological demystification of the sloppy development processes that encourage cheating and hacking by AI agents .
Reposted by Michael Zimmer, Hilary J. Allen, Philip Nel
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...
by Robert Metcalfe Reposted by Dean Eckles, Peter Bergman, Christian E. Weller
I'm hiring an economics predoc at @columbiasipa.bsky.social, generally on applied micro projects, but with a large focus on the impacts of AI on economic outcomes using large-scale field experiments with many companies.
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September 22, 2026 at 12:41 PM
I'm hiring an economics predoc at @columbiasipa.bsky.social, generally on applied micro projects, but with a large focus on the impacts of AI on economic outcomes using large-scale field experiments with many companies.
Please share widely: apply.interfolio.com/194121
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Reposted by Woodrow Hartzog
Stop relying on AI chatbots for customer care, UK banks and energy firms told www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Stop relying on AI chatbots for customer care, UK banks and energy firms told
Citizens Advice says providers of essential services such as energy, banking, phone and internet should guarantee the ‘right to talk to a human’
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Stop relying on AI chatbots for customer care, UK banks and energy firms told www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Few see OpenAI's announcement, which came as human mathematicians were closing in on a solution, as an example of how AI and mathematicians can work together
www.npr.org/2026/09/22/n...
www.npr.org/2026/09/22/n...
AI solved one of math's hardest problems. Humanity learned nothing (so far)
OpenAI beat humans to solving the Navier-Stokes problem, but mathematicians say the AI's solution isn't telling them much.
www.npr.org
September 22, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Few see OpenAI's announcement, which came as human mathematicians were closing in on a solution, as an example of how AI and mathematicians can work together
www.npr.org/2026/09/22/n...
www.npr.org/2026/09/22/n...
Reposted by Steve Peers
Use of AI to plan violent criminal activities will soon be commonplace. Here's another example: British Columbia sued OpenAI, saying a mass shooting at a school in BC could have been prevented if the company had warned local law enforcement that the shooter had used ChatGPT to plan the massacre.
British Columbia sues OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge school shooting
British Columbia sued OpenAI in California on Monday, saying a mass shooting at a school in the province could have been prevented if the company had warned local law enforcement that the shooter ha...
www.reuters.com
September 22, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Use of AI to plan violent criminal activities will soon be commonplace. Here's another example: British Columbia sued OpenAI, saying a mass shooting at a school in BC could have been prevented if the company had warned local law enforcement that the shooter had used ChatGPT to plan the massacre.
Reposted by Elaine Treharne
"AI companies pirated millions of books to train today’s most popular models, as The Atlantic has previously reported. Those models are now being used to churn out books in a matter of minutes and place them alongside books that represent years of hard work."
The Rise of Parasite Authors
First, AI stole their books. Now it’s stealing their readers.
www.theatlantic.com
September 22, 2026 at 11:45 AM
"AI companies pirated millions of books to train today’s most popular models, as The Atlantic has previously reported. Those models are now being used to churn out books in a matter of minutes and place them alongside books that represent years of hard work."