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Multiple readings Dario Amodei — We Must Pace the Frontier Concern & critique · 5 attributable reactions
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Developing Models & releases Analysis 2d ago
⚡ 2 h early
Amodei pace AI frontier essay

Dario Amodei — We Must Pace the Frontier

16 experts across 5 network communities independently surfaced this.

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
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 3 distinct lenses.
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 Analysis 7d ago
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AI agents ruining internet essay

There’s a 100% Chance AI Agents Are Already Ruining the Internet

7 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

7 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Will Oremus 404 Media Joseph Cox Jason Koebler Sam Cole Eileen Clancy 🧿 Jason Moore

““AI agents” now have enough power and permission to be extremely annoying online. www.404media.co/theres-a-100...”

“Stop getting your AI agent to email us. It's not impressive, it's lame as fuck, and you look like an idiot doing it. Our inboxes are full of this crap. www.404media.co/theres-a-100...”

2 experts discussed this · 8 posts
Jason Koebler: AI doom or not, something has shifted with AI recently. The guardrails that kept AI sitting in a chatbox are gone, the models are better, there's more compute. AI agents are everywhere. They are an…
Will Oremus: AI doom or not, something has shifted with AI recently. The guardrails that kept AI sitting in a chatbox are gone, the models are better, there's more compute. AI agents are everywhere. They are an…
Jason Koebler: Here is how Mark Zuckerberg talks about AI agents vs what they are actually doing: It doesn't take that many people's annoying little "assistants" to pollute the internet, harass people, suck up di…
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Primary source 404media.co ↗
Established AI field signal Development 6d ago
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Pangram AI detector campus backlash

The Pangram Backlash Unfolding on College Campuses

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

2 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Will Oremus J. Nathan Matias

“I talked with a professor who thought he'd solved AI cheating with a combination of hidden prompts and AI detectors. Now he's throwing up his hands and giving up on take-home writing assignments. But he feels like that can't be the answer. Gift link to my s…”

Primary source theatlantic.com ↗
Established AI field signal Signal 11d ago

Pangram ai detection tool tries to prove tech deception can be caught

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

2 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Will Oremus Mary Branscombe

“Weird, this in-depth profile of Pangram doesn't focus at all on its founder's suspicious burping and food-microwaving habits. Instead there's just a bunch of stuff about how they built it, how it works, whether it works and why it matters https://t.co/xYfCc…”

Primary source bloomberg.com ↗
Established AI field signal Signal 11d ago

Pangram ai detection tool tries to prove tech deception can be caught

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

2 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Will Oremus Mary Branscombe

“Weird, this in-depth profile of Pangram doesn't focus at all on its founder's suspicious burping and food-microwaving habits. Instead there's just a bunch of stuff about how they built it, how it works, whether it works and why it matters www.bloomberg.com/…”

Primary source bloomberg.com ↗
Established Models & releases Signal 15d ago
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Anthropic Says ‘We Owe It to Humanity’ to Slow Down AI

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

2 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Will Oremus Jake Laperruque

“We're all familiar by now with dire warnings from AI gurus. But I wrote about why Dario's latest proposal might actually gain some traction. You don't have to be a doomer to think that AI companies prioritizing safety checks over pure speed is a reasonable …”

Primary source theatlantic.com ↗
Established AI field signal Analysis 6d ago
AI civilization destruction question video

Is AI really going to destroy human civilization?

1 directory member surfaced this signal.

1 expert 1 community 1 sources clustered
Will Oremus

“Former WashPost TikTok Guy @davejorgenson.bsky.social has a new YouTube show and it's brilliant, despite his strange decision to let me on it for the first episode. We talked about whether AI is really going to kill us all... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao1H...”

Primary source youtube.com ↗
Established Models & releases Signal 15d ago

Anthropic Says ‘We Owe It to Humanity’ to Slow Down AI

1 directory member surfaced this signal.

1 expert 1 community 1 sources clustered
Will Oremus

“We're all familiar by now with dire warnings from AI gurus. But I wrote about why Dario's latest proposal could actually catch on. You don't have to be a doomer to think that AI companies agreeing to some basic safety standards is a reasonable idea. https:/…”

Primary source theatlantic.com ↗
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