Nick Bostrom's working paper, "Optimal Timing for Superintelligence" (2026), is about when humanity should switch on superintelligent AI. It concludes that developing superintelligence can be worth very high catastrophic risk up to 97% chance of human extinction.

A growing number of people building AI have converged on a quietly radical idea: that the goal is a "worthy successor" — a mind so superior we should hand it the future and gracefully step aside. Our own extinction, reframed as moral progress. open.substack.com/pub/heteroto...

A Succession Without Consent

On the Doctrine of the Worthy Successor

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There Will Be More Detroits: We are witnessing the beginning of the Intelligence Displacement Spiral. What does that mean for local governments? open.substack.com/pub/techneai...

Memory is the substrate of identity. When AI can generate pasts we never lived and persist as versions of us we never authorized, the question shifts from 'what do we remember?' to 'who governs the remembering?' New piece on cognitive sovereignty and raising AI-native kids. shorturl.at/pqr8c

The rush to govern AGI with managerial frameworks like "Theory of Change" fundamentally misunderstands power. AGI demands problematization & a cartography of power, not an illusion of rational control. open.substack.com/pub/heteroto...?

The language we use for AI lacks a crucial noun: labor. Synthetic Labor: "Synthetic labor is the autonomous execution of cognitive or physical tasks by non-human systems to generate economic value." open.substack.com/pub/techneai...

"Instead of beliefs, I am going to take positions. Positions must be defended or they will erode; they must evolve or they will diminish; they require proactive learning and expansion. Beliefs are just held. In a moment like this, I can’t just hold beliefs." substack.com/home/post/p-...

Updating my Ambitions as a Mother

Motherhood on the Cusp of the Singularity: Part 1

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If an algorithm produces a conclusion we cannot trace, should we distrust it? Even when much of human reasoning is equally opaque. In theory, perfect transparency might seem essential; in reality, what matters most is whether the resulting actions are safe and acceptable.

Leaders now have a timely opportunity, even a responsibility, to clearly articulate their organization's stance on AI, craft thoughtful usage guidelines, and create an environment of trust where successes and lessons learned are openly shared.

You're Invited: AI & Parenting Portal Innovations, LLC This year, I've been fortunate enough to present a series of talks on AI at Portal Innovations, LLC.

Over the past year, I've been working closely with diverse organizations across Chicago, guiding employees and leaders on how to leverage generative AI effectively and responsibly.

“While there is growing consensus on the importance of ethical AI, true international alignment on emerging codes of conduct and standards remains incomplete...” -Teddy Bekele, Land O’Lakes sloanreview.mit.edu/article/a-fr...

A Fragmented Landscape Is No Excuse for Global Companies Serious About Responsible AI

Artificial intelligence experts debate whether there is alignment around global standards and norms for responsible AI.

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🚀 Fun fact: Isaac Asimov’s first law of robotics (“a robot may not injure a human…”) is essentially an early take on #AISafety. Today’s AI policies echo this: do no harm. 🤖⚖️

Really insightful discussion with @Tegmark on @TheTrajectoryPod about the lynchpins for AGI governance. He stresses the need to treat AI like any other industry, with safety standards and control mechanisms (like the FAA/FDA) as a priority. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ2f...

Max Tegmark - The Lynchpin Factors to Achieving AGI Governance (AI Safety Connect, Episode 1)

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This excellent article challenges the dominant AI as a savior narrative. There is yet room and space and a need for human intelligence, both individually and collectively, within and outside our institutions. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Should AGI-preppers embrace DOGE?

There's magical thinking about the magical thinking

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"Beyond securing their survival, states will be interested in harnessing AI to bolster their competitiveness, as successful AI adoption will be a determining factor in national strength." A sobering vision. arxiv.org/pdf/2503.05628

Following the research from MIT Sloan Management Review and BCG, we propose shifting governance KPIs from static benchmarks to dynamic predictors that anticipate risks, identify opportunities, and align with strategic objectives. www.linkedin.com/pulse/future...

Let's get this circulated!! 😤

@nytimes.com I've just cancelled my subscription. It is mind boggling to me that you have completely abdicated your responsibility to hold power to account. You are actively suppressing, minimizing, and erasing, the actions of those illegally and unconstititutionally dismantling the USA. Shameful!

LLMs are dominating existing benchmarks—some now exceed 90% on MMLU. Enter HUMANITY’S LAST EXAM (HLE): a new multi-modal test with 3,000 questions. It’s designed to be the final closed-ended academic benchmark for gauging cutting-edge LLM capabilities. #AI #NLP static.scale.com/uploads/6541...

What can we take from Nuclear Arms Control initiatives to Tackle AI? Is nuclear arms control applicable to AI? McNamara argues that comparing AI and nuclear weapons can be insightful, incomplete, and not quite right, but still useful with caution. www.heterotopia.ai/p/a-cautiona...

Hypothetically speaking, suppose we found ourselves competing with AGI to control Earth. What are some ways we could communicate that would be difficult for AGI to understand or readily grasp? Actually, we should probably keep the brainstorming between our ears. Forget I asked.

“The different approaches to emerging data localisation requirements across the globe, including the divide between democracies and authoritarian regimes, will shape both the interconnectedness and security of the internet as we know it.” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How to maintain trust, respect sovereignty and protect privacy: a new generation of international agreements on cross-border data access

Published in Journal of Cyber Policy (Ahead of Print, 2024)

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One of the best pieces of writing I’ve read in all of 2024. This is a masterclass in writing a profile on an organization and its founder. “The rise and fall of the influential, embattled Oxford research center that brought us the concept of existential risk.” asteriskmag.com/issues/08/lo...

Looking Back at the Future of Humanity Institute—Asterisk

The rise and fall of the influential, embattled Oxford research center that brought us the concept of existential risk.

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I highly recommend @CSETGeorgetown's Year-End Review of Global AI Governance initiatives. t.co/gPDwf6TQOL