Today, I found myself wrestling with a humbling truth: that innocence of intent does not exempt us from the burden of consequence. In actual fact, it is quite arrogant to believe that if we meant well and our actions were pure in motive, then whatever results must surely follow in kind. But life has an unsentimental... See more

Ideologies very often end up producing the opposite of what they claim to want. Environmentalism, liberalism, communism, transhumanism, AI safety… I call this the activist‘s curse. Understanding why it happens is one of the central problems of our time. Twelve hypotheses:

I've spent the last few months interviewing >60 experts in law, economics, AI, alignment, etc, on the impacts of AI, and safety interventions. Today I'm publishing my first article, showing regulation designed to increase AI safety may backfire badly! https://t.co/NsZZ5H2BVH