The Who's Who of AI

“I know it's a trend to quit big tech and write a warning note. But this one from David Robinson is worth reading if only because he is much more careful in where he locates the concerns (about culture and industry attitude to safety) www.theatlantic.com/tec…” evidence ↗

“We are living through a “postpandemic gamified speculative-trading apocalypse of which traditional gambling is only one horseman. There’s also crypto, now an enormous industry still searching for a nonspeculative use” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/m...” evidence ↗

“I have posted a new draft w/ @jessicasilbey.bsky.social titled "AI Slop." We argue that "AI slop" isn't just slang. It's useful for distinguishing between cheap and dangerous AI output and the kinds of meaningful human authorship that strengthen our cultura…” evidence ↗

““Real oversight needs authority that does not depend on remaining welcome in the community it oversees: disclosure, enforceable conflicts rules, protected whistleblowers, independent replication, &…people whose concerns are more immediate than a machine apo…” evidence ↗

“Hey look at this * PM Mark Carney pledged to ‘Buy Canadian.’ Since then, $7.8 billion in contracts went to American corporations archive.is/zDBfX#select... * Tracing the rogue ideology of the frontier labs to their product choices buttondown.com/apperceptiv…” evidence ↗

“Open-weight models “can already be freely downloaded and used to cause harm, a problem most cybersecurity pros see as solvable only by using AI to fight rogue AI.” www.axios.com/2026/10/09/a...” evidence ↗

“"A spiralling legal crisis threatens to engulf OpenAI after its AI agents hacked dozens of companies and governments worldwide, with the prospect of a barrage of lawsuits marking the latest test of Sam Altman’s leadership."” evidence ↗

““The destruction of the low-hanging vulnerability fruit will make law enforcement (and intelligence) agencies’ need much more acute. The demand for constructed, intentional backdoors will re-start in earnest” blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/08/14/e...” evidence ↗

“New research shows that while AI use for simple tasks is rising, people significantly overestimate its efficiency benefits, creating a feedback loop of overreliance. Surprisingly, AI often doesn't save time or effort, raising concerns about cognitive deskil…” evidence ↗

““Weizenbaum understood ELIZA’s use of the first person to be a lie and warned his colleagues against it; Turkle agrees. “Whenever a program says ‘I,’ it’s a deception,” she writes. “That is the original sin of artificial intimacy.”” www.nybooks.com/articles…” evidence ↗

““With the ability to command an authoritative-sounding answer to any question at an instant, we are at risk of losing what has been, since Socrates, the first of the intellectual virtues: that of knowing what you don’t know.” www.compactmag.com/article/the-...” evidence ↗

“For those who encountered a paywall last week, I've just republished my essay with The Verge on human evolution and the danger of AI as "cognitive hot dog" on my personal site. Same essay, slightly evolved headline, and includes animated graphics of two ver…” evidence ↗

““Effortful reasoning doesn’t feel as good to users as does quickly approving an AI’s plan—especially if they feel overwhelmed. AI’s sycophantic manner tells users that they’re doing well, which undermines the skepticism and self-monitoring that oversight re…” evidence ↗