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Multiple readings When AI builds itself Building & implementation · 10 attributable reactions Live tension An alien mind Policy & governance · 5 attributable reactions Multiple readings Dario Amodei — We Must Pace the Frontier Concern & critique · 5 attributable reactions
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Established AI field signal Signal 16d ago
⚡ 385 h early

When AI builds itself

18 experts across 6 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Shubhendu Trivedi
“One could read most points here cynically. But could also take them at their word and see what could be done. Given the sort of equilibrium we have been post GPT-2, the sort of pause they are advocating is simply not going to happen. You are talking of powe…” evidence ↗
18 experts 6 communities 1 sources clustered
Mark Riedl Ben Recht Ethan Mollick Tim Kellogg Chris Paxton Sung Kim Scott McGrath Nick Diakopoulos +10
5 experts discussed this · 28 posts
Ethan Mollick: "As of May 2026, more than 80% of the code we merge into Anthropic’s codebase was authored by Claude" Matches independent measures. There is no sign this is slowing down (which doesn't mean there a…
Scott McGrath: "As of May 2026, more than 80% of the code we merge into Anthropic’s codebase was authored by Claude" Matches independent measures. There is no sign this is slowing down (which doesn't mean there a…
Singularity's Bounty e/cc: I had one interview with a hiring manager where he said they don't write code anymore, and they expect not to be reviewing code by the end of the year. Said they mainly spend their time on design docs
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Primary source anthropic.com ↗
Established AI field signal Signal 17d ago
⚡ 56 h early

An alien mind

14 experts across 6 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 2 attributable expert contributions · Boaz Barak, Alex Turner
“A must read. We need everything - goal and value alignment, compliance and persona, behavior and monitoring, and coordination and regulation to avoid concentration of power and ensure humans are in control. https://t.co/JmJgQcMPnW” evidence ↗
14 experts 6 communities 1 sources clustered
Jakub Pachocki Ethan Mollick Boaz Barak Ramon Astudillo Tim Kellogg Boris Power Sung Kim Dare Obasanjo +6
Primary source openai.com ↗
Established Models & releases Analysis 4d ago
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Amodei pace AI frontier essay

Dario Amodei — We Must Pace the Frontier

16 experts across 5 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Kevin A. Bryan
“https://t.co/Ay1GZ7QBV5 (btw @ErikHovenkamp - see the final footnote: "1 With government mediation or waivers of antitrust restrictions.")” evidence ↗
16 experts 5 communities 1 sources clustered
Ben Recht Ethan Mollick Will Oremus Justin Hendrix Tim Kellogg Kate Klonick rat king 🐀 👑 Kevin A. Bryan +8
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Multiple readings

Concern & critique

3 experts

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“the thing that's being criticized here is literally a call for regulation and restraint darioamodei.com/post/we-must...”

Policy & governance

1 expert

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“https://t.co/Ay1GZ7QBV5 (btw @ErikHovenkamp - see the final footnote: "1 With government mediation or waivers of antitrust restrictions.")”

Building & implementation

1 expert

How teams are shipping and applying it.

“Dario is back with another essay, urging a slowdown he insists AI development would still feel fast, just not recursively self-improving darioamodei.com/post/we-must...”

3 experts discussed this · 21 posts
Tim Kellogg: Dario is back with another essay, urging a slowdown he insists AI development would still feel fast, just not recursively self-improving darioamodei.com/post/we-must...
david-p-reichert.bsky.social: Dario is back with another essay, urging a slowdown he insists AI development would still feel fast, just not recursively self-improving darioamodei.com/post/we-must...
Dustin Moskovitz: knight ajeya you cowards
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Primary source darioamodei.com ↗
Established Agents & robotics Signal 8d ago

Amazon blocks metas muse ai assistant in new standoff over agentic shopping

3 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Tim Kellogg
“Amazon bans Meta’s Muse assistant from being able to access the Amazon store www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-...” evidence ↗
3 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Mike Masnick Tim Kellogg Karl Bode

“Amazon bans Meta’s Muse assistant from being able to access the Amazon store www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-...”

“the future is going to look a lot like the past as in, endless gamesmanship as giant corporations attempt to ratfuck each other”

Primary source geekwire.com ↗
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8 experts · 57 posts · 1d ago
Anil Dash Tim Kellogg Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) VE, cybersocial occult investigator tachikoma Doll Jed Brown apenwarr.ca
Matches Policy & governance
“massive job losses, rent-seeking, and the promised UBI nowhere in sight because of Congressional paralysis” evidence ↗
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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7 experts · 28 posts · 19d ago
Ted Underwood Tim Kellogg Scott McGrath Jack Stilgoe Colin John David Pressman nearestnabors.com
Matches Policy & governance
“But the label is not "likely to replace other peoples' jobs — e.g. the high-priced lawyers I resent"; it's "likely to replace my own job."” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 2 Questions & unknowns · 2 Building & implementation · 1
Tim Kellogg: 8 very interesting plots regarding AI sentiment
Tim Kellogg: tbc these are opinions, and while it is a fact that someone had an opinion, an opinion doesn’t necessarily predict the future, even at scale
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5 experts · 53 posts · 12d ago
Tim Kellogg SE Gyges tachikoma Doll david-p-reichert.bsky.social
Matches Policy & governance
“sure, but how many of them are driving policy or making decisions for any of their orgs” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Policy & governance · 1 Building & implementation · 1 Opportunity & adoption · 1
SE Gyges: i cannot explain the behavior of the movement's members regarding crucial issues more nicely than that yud convinced them all to be neurotically fearful of the paperclipper, and that only this was …
SE Gyges: I think that the parsimonious explanation for e.g. Anthropic and Dario doing legitimately bizarre shit regarding "safety" which makes little or no sense is best explained by them being utterly Yud-…
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4 experts · 8 posts · 17d ago
Ted Underwood Tim Kellogg jake tweety fish
Matches Policy & governance
“This post is escaping containment so I'd best add an FAQ section: • do agree that the USG is still preferable to the CCP • don't oppose any/all USG involvement • do resist building AI policy around…” evidence ↗
Ted Underwood: <reading dario amodei> "prudent pacing" mmm-hmm, "embedded evaluators" ... ❤️, makes sense, "I agree with Secretary Bessent" 👀 "it's helpful for the US govt to mediate" 🤢 "the rest of my plan is ab…
Ted Underwood: This post is escaping containment so I'd best add an FAQ section: • do agree that the USG is still preferable to the CCP • don't oppose any/all USG involvement • do resist building AI policy around…
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