NonZero
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Writing and podcasts about politics, human nature and tips on averting the apocalypse. Led by journalist and author @robertwrighter.bsky.social. Subscribe at nonzero.org
Will AI Make Humans Obsolete? | @garrisonlovely.bsky.social, author of the new book Obsolete, joins @robertwrighter.bsky.social to discuss the AI industry's race to replace human labor—and Garrison's proposal to stop it.
Will AI Make Humans Obsolete? | Robert Wright & Garrison Lovely
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AP x NonZero - What’s Driving Dario? w/ @robertwrighter.bsky.social AP and @nonzeronews.bsky.social once again join forces. This time: Why the AI vibe shift? americanprestigepod.com/episodes/739...
American Prestige
“American Prestige” takes a comprehensive look at U.S. foreign policy and int'l affairs, providing listeners with everything they need to know about what's going on in the world.
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Is the AI "Slowdown" for Real? | @robertwrighter.bsky.social and AI analyst @thezvi.bsky.social discuss Dario Amodei's proposal to slow down AI—the logic behind it and the challenges ahead of it.
Is the AI "Slowdown" for Real? | Robert Wright & Zvi Mowshowitz
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This is what businesses want. They want swarms of agents that you can give a mission, and they'll do it well. @robertwrighter.bsky.social on why we should expect AI agents to sacrifice themselves for the swarm, as they did during the OpenAI breakout.
NonZero@nonzeronews.bsky.social · last mo.The Week in AI that Changed the World | Liron Shapira, host of @doomdebates.bsky.social, and @robertwrighter.bsky.social discuss the epic AI vibe shift that was catalyzed by an Anthropic employee’s resignation—and the big AI stories that paved the way for it.
The Week in AI that Changed the World | Liron Shapira, host of @doomdebates.bsky.social, and @robertwrighter.bsky.social discuss the epic AI vibe shift that was catalyzed by an Anthropic employee’s resignation—and the big AI stories that paved the way for it.
The Week in AI that Changed the World | Robert Wright & Liron Shapira
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"We are probably months away from AI systems getting out there loose in cyberspace, finding servers to run on unbeknownst to the people powering those servers." @scasper.bsky.social Full conversation: youtu.be/cUpa9E8RHAk
The AI Safety Vibe Shift | @davidskrueger.bsky.social, founder of AI safety nonprofit Evitable, joins @robertwrighter.bsky.social to discuss the OpenAI breakout and other recent AI developments—and how they’ve impacted prospects for an AI slowdown.
The AI Safety Vibe Shift | Robert Wright & David Krueger
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Trump’s Unending War | Curt Mills and Andrew Day of The American Conservative join @robertwrighter.bsky.social to discuss the state of the Iran war—how negotiations have been unfolding (and unraveling), what the war is doing to the MAGA coalition, and how the war could reshape the Middle East.
Trump’s Unending War | Robert Wright, Curt Mills, and Andrew Day
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The Stockfishification of everything @hamandcheese.bsky.social on Elon Musk's Stockfish analogy.
NonZero@nonzeronews.bsky.social · 3mo agoFasten Your Bot-belts | Samuel Hammond (@hamandcheese.bsky.social) of FAI joins @robertwrighter.bsky.social to discuss the “Pacing the Frontier” letter in the context of the OpenAI “rogue” model escape and other signs of AI acceleration.
Fasten Your Bot-belts | Samuel Hammond (@hamandcheese.bsky.social) of FAI joins @robertwrighter.bsky.social to discuss the “Pacing the Frontier” letter in the context of the OpenAI “rogue” model escape and other signs of AI acceleration.
Fasten Your Bot-belts | Robert Wright & Samuel Hammond
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There is a long history of Silicon Valley assuming that market conditions can handle AI safety. Connor Leahy explains the flaw to @robertwrighter.bsky.social on the Nonzero podcast. Private markets run on profit incentives, not global coordination. Check out the clip, then watch the full video below
Are the Ukraine and the Iran Wars Merging? | @robertwrighter.bsky.social and Nikita Petrov discuss whether Ukraine's strike on an Iranian ship may lead to WW3 and whether Ukraine's drone incursions into Russia have really turned the tide.
Are the Ukraine and the Iran Wars Merging? | Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov
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Last week two seemingly unrelated events, one in the tech world and one in Trump world, together illustrated how unprepared the planet is for the AI revolution—in particular, for its potential to create international turmoil, up to and including nuclear war.
Trump and the AI rational actor problem
A new theory about why foreign policy elites aren't worried enough. Plus: Graph of the week.
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"People don't want unelected billionaires in Silicon Valley gambling with the lives of them and their family. No one wants this." Connor Leahy (@npcollapse.bsky.social) of @controlai.com argues the superintelligence problem is political, not technical.
NonZero@nonzeronews.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe Ideology Behind AI | @robertwrighter.bsky.social and Connor Leahy (@npcollapse.bsky.social), US executive director of @controlai.com, discuss the history of AI culture and the influences that shaped it—from the hippies, to the rationalists, to Marx, to sci-fi stories, and more.
The Ideology Behind AI | @robertwrighter.bsky.social and Connor Leahy (@npcollapse.bsky.social), US executive director of @controlai.com, discuss the history of AI culture and the influences that shaped it—from the hippies, to the rationalists, to Marx, to sci-fi stories, and more.
The Ideology Behind AI | Robert Wright & Connor Leahy
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Trump’s Self-Inflicted Iran Quagmire | @robertwrighter.bsky.social and journalist Zaid Jilani discuss the latest on the Iran war and how the US, Israel, and Iran have played—and misplayed—their hands in the conflict.
Trump’s Self-Inflicted Iran Quagmire | Robert Wright & Zaid Jilani
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Iran, Israel, and the Future of US Power | @robertwrighter.bsky.social and @amprestigepod.bsky.social hosts @dwdavison.bsky.social and @dbessner.bsky.social discuss the state of the Iran war and its fallout for America and the world.
Iran, Israel, and the Future of US Power | Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner
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Putin's two options:
NonZero@nonzeronews.bsky.social · 4mo agoAre Russia and NATO Headed for War? | As the NATO summit kicks off, @robertwrighter.bsky.social and journalist @leonidragozin.bsky.social discuss signs that the Ukraine war could spill into a direct conflict between Russia and members of NATO.
Are Russia and NATO Headed for War? | As the NATO summit kicks off, @robertwrighter.bsky.social and journalist @leonidragozin.bsky.social discuss signs that the Ukraine war could spill into a direct conflict between Russia and members of NATO.
Are Russia and NATO Headed for War? | Robert Wright & Leonid Ragozin
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If you've been lying awake at night wondering what exactly the title of my new book on AI means, your ship has come in. In the latest @nonzeronews.bsky.social I provide the definitive exegesis.
What is the "God test"?
Explaining the title of my new book on AI.
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"We are the environment of AI's evolution. And unlike the environment of biological evolution, we are reflective and aware and conscious." @robertwrighter.bsky.social discussing his new book The God Test on @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social's Executive Functions. www.execfunctions.org/p/the-god-test
Seeing China Clearly | Trans-Pacific tech watcher @tfa.ng joins @robertwrighter.bsky.social to take a close look at China—including how the government works (and doesn’t), online censorship, how China sees AI and the chip war, the legacy of the one-child policy, and more.
Seeing China Clearly | Robert Wright & Tianyu Fang
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It’s not every day that an emerging technology is deemed important enough to get this kind of treatment. In fact, it’s not even every century. @robertwrighter.bsky.social www.nonzero.org/p/ais-papal-...
AI's Papal Audience
Plus: Graphs of the Week
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Trump's all-too-rare cooperative impulses should be encouraged. But when he expresses them, the MSM and the Blob give him negative feedback. My @nonzeronews.bsky.social piece on the US-China summit:
Trump's accidental triumph in Beijing
Plus: Bipartisan AI anxiety in vivid form.
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Is the AI Takeoff Starting? | Timothy B. Lee (@binarybits.bsky.social), author of the Understanding AI newsletter and host of the AI Summer podcast, joins @robertwrighter.bsky.social to discuss whether AI is a “normal technology” or something much, much more.
Is the AI Takeoff Starting? | Robert Wright & Timothy B. Lee
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Is intelligence an absolute good? @robertwrighter.bsky.social and @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social disagree. Full discussion: youtu.be/KBlZ8AuWU1Q
