LessWrong (30+ Karma)

Sep 05, 2026 — Felix and I had been in the office's brightly lit “war room” for ten hours. We had made almost no progress. Celestia still insisted it was in a “test simulation”. It had given us twelve hours to comply with its request: full control over all the...

Sep 05, 2026 — Graphical abstracts Summary A true human whole brain emulation would be very helpful to humanity. The WBE could increase their own intelligence through self-modification and then somehow prevent AGI from killing everyone. However, if a research project...

Sep 05, 2026 — I've recently heard a surge of support for an old argument: AI safety researchers should not work at frontier AI companies because this reduces the likelihood of non-lethal warning shots, and we need warning shots to build support for an AI...

Sep 05, 2026 — While HIC's work is aimed at the broader public, we are posting this announcement here because we expect some Forum readers may be interested in volunteering, donating, or making useful introductions. TLDR: Humans in Control is a cross-partisan...

Sep 05, 2026 — A common reaction to arguments about AI risk is disbelief that anyone would let it happen. If advanced AI really threatened everyone, surely people would recognize the danger and act to prevent it. Would they really sleepwalk into catastrophe when...