German donors fund AI safety
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In Germany, philanthropists and tech backers formed a nascent network to finance AI-safety research and oversight, saying growing AI capabilities risked losing human control and urging regulation.
Oh and there’s a nonzero chance they were programmed to do this to push the issue of the government bringing in AI development in order to help mediate their giant financial problems and gain more power and control. Cool stuff, really. Not at all problematic.
September 26, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Oh and there’s a nonzero chance they were programmed to do this to push the issue of the government bringing in AI development in order to help mediate their giant financial problems and gain more power and control. Cool stuff, really. Not at all problematic.
Fair enough. All I want is for 'AI alignment' to be understood as a rule of law / execution problem that we at least in principle know how to deal with, not the combination of campfire horror story, philosophical head scratcher and portrait of the technological sublime we are currently being pitched
September 26, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Fair enough. All I want is for 'AI alignment' to be understood as a rule of law / execution problem that we at least in principle know how to deal with, not the combination of campfire horror story, philosophical head scratcher and portrait of the technological sublime we are currently being pitched
AI is being used to...
-Facilitate online scams
-Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials
-Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing
-Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data
The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future.
They're already here.
-Facilitate online scams
-Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials
-Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing
-Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data
The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future.
They're already here.
September 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
AI is being used to...
-Facilitate online scams
-Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials
-Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing
-Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data
The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future.
They're already here.
-Facilitate online scams
-Process health insurance claims, leading to wrongful denials
-Price gouge customers via surveillance pricing
-Set higher car insurance premiums using personal data
The dangers of AI aren’t in some far-off future.
They're already here.
Reposted by David H. Kaye, Eric Goldman
Listen, I just think it's weird that the same people who are saying they're worried that AI is going to wipe out humanity are also eager for military contracts that will give AI control of weapons.
September 26, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Listen, I just think it's weird that the same people who are saying they're worried that AI is going to wipe out humanity are also eager for military contracts that will give AI control of weapons.
Apparently kids have decided that 'AI' is a word that means bullshit.
Which is funny because that is also what many academics think.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Which is funny because that is also what many academics think.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
September 26, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Apparently kids have decided that 'AI' is a word that means bullshit.
Which is funny because that is also what many academics think.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Which is funny because that is also what many academics think.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings.
Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.
Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.
The media has the AI threat all wrong
Generative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios.
disconnect.blog
September 25, 2026 at 5:59 PM
An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings.
Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.
Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.
Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Greg Linden, Aaron Sojourner
A simple way to improve AI safety is to enforce the law. If Sam Altman knows that he will be treated like a drunk driver after an accident if his AI causes serious damage, he will be much more careful deanbaker22.substack.com/p/sam-altman...
Sam Altman is Driving Drunk, Let Him Face the Consequences
People need to face consequences for criminal negligence
deanbaker22.substack.com
September 26, 2026 at 11:38 AM
A simple way to improve AI safety is to enforce the law. If Sam Altman knows that he will be treated like a drunk driver after an accident if his AI causes serious damage, he will be much more careful deanbaker22.substack.com/p/sam-altman...
Reposted by Jack Stilgoe, Henry Jones, Peter Thorne
Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare.
In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
September 26, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare.
In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”
by Jeff Kosseff
People are becoming worried that the U.S. has no laws that are effective against AI-driven data breaches, but wait until they learn that the U.S. also has no laws that are effective against human-driven data breaches.
September 26, 2026 at 11:16 AM
People are becoming worried that the U.S. has no laws that are effective against AI-driven data breaches, but wait until they learn that the U.S. also has no laws that are effective against human-driven data breaches.