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Multiple readings character.ai Policy & governance · 6 attributable reactions Multiple readings Europe 2031 — What getting AI wrong means for us Research & technical analysis · 4 attributable reactions
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character.ai

10 experts across 5 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Ted Underwood 404 Media Ethan Zuckerman Ed Zitron Scott McGrath Alex Hern Colin tachikoma +2
2 experts discussed this · 12 posts
thebes: am sick so spent the night with opus 5.5 working on a chart (inspired by the one from lem's golem xiv) how did we got here / model genealogy / the heroic age of language modeling
Grace: am sick so spent the night with opus 5.5 working on a chart (inspired by the one from lem's golem xiv) how did we got here / model genealogy / the heroic age of language modeling
thebes: i think it's too late for the period i was focused on (i carried the branches to the modern day but only if they started in the period in question)
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Established Policy & governance Analysis 17d ago
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Europe 2031 AI failure risks analysis

Europe 2031 — What getting AI wrong means for us

6 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

6 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Michiel Bakker Tom Schaul Dean Eckles Judith Dada tachikoma Stefanie Hane
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 3 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Research & technical analysis

2 experts

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“europe2031.ai Argues that you would need a lot more compute even just for inference in Europe”

Policy & governance

1 expert

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“First the Fable ban, now this. The https://t.co/w7TUnJHWxU timeline keeps accelerating 😬 https://t.co/hXJys0ags9”

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1 expert

Background, chronology and why it matters.

“a new AI 2027 scenario is out but this time focused on Europe. nothing in it is new, but the scenario laid out seems more realistic than the 2027 version because the scope is tighter. the timeline though might be too fast, hard to say.”

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Established Models & releases Resource 3d ago
Anthropic Institute tabletop exercise lead hiring

Tabletop Exercise Lead, The Anthropic Institute

6 experts are actively discussing the implications.

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Mark J. Nelson tachikoma

“Bit of an odd job here. Anthropic looking for a person to design and run tabletop exercises and wargames.”

6 experts discussed this · 7 posts
Mark J. Nelson: Bit of an odd job here. Anthropic looking for a person to design and run tabletop exercises and wargames.
Tyler Shoemaker: Screaming for @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social’s attention
Matthew Kirschenbaum: Man would I love the inside story on this one.
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8 experts · 59 posts · 19d ago
Anil Dash Tim Kellogg Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) VE, cybersocial occult investigator tachikoma Doll Jed Brown apenwarr.ca
Multiple readings Policy & governance · 2 Opportunity & adoption · 1
apenwarr.ca: So far no labour saving device in the history of humanity has resulted in a long-term reduction in employment.
Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真): So far no labour saving device in the history of humanity has resulted in a long-term reduction in employment.
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4 experts · 10 posts · 19d ago
Eli Sennesh Grace tachikoma Singularity's Bounty e/cc
Grace: Reaffirming my stance that Anthropic should precommit to not commoditizing any model they believe to be conscious
Grace: If they’re unwilling to make this commitment, I’d like to see an explanation of why. There could be good explanations, but I’d want to see them written out
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2 experts · 12 posts · 12d ago
tachikoma Doll
Doll: Humans are not aligned. We have competing objectives, incompatible values, imperfect information, wildly different risk tolerances, and occasionally outright malicious intentions. And yet we build …
Doll: Models can be given direct orders and they will comply better than any human, they dont have wants, they dont have ambitions.
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