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Last updated 13 days ago

BusyBeaver(6) is really quite large

13 days ago

For overdetermined reasons, I’ve lately found the world an increasingly terrifying and...

Raymond Laflamme (1960-2025)

17 days ago

Even with everything happening in the Middle East right now, even with...

Trump and Iran, by popular request

19 days ago

I posted this on my Facebook, but several friends asked me to...

Guess I’m A Rationalist Now

about 1 month ago

A week ago I attended LessOnline, a rationalist blogging conference featuring many...

“If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies”

about 1 month ago

Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares are publishing a mass-market book, the rather...

Cracking the Top Fifty!

2 months ago

I’ve now been blogging for nearly twenty years—through five presidential administrations, my...

Opposing SB37

2 months ago

Yesterday, the Texas State Legislature heard public comments about SB37, a bill...

Quantum! AI! Everything but Trump!

2 months ago

Grant Sanderson, of 3blue1brown, has put up a phenomenal YouTube video explaining...

Fight Fiercely

3 months ago

Last week I visited Harvard and MIT, and as advertised in my...

I speak at Harvard as it faces its biggest crisis since 1636

3 months ago

Every week, I tell myself I won’t do yet another post about...

My most rage-inducing beliefs

3 months ago

A friend and I were discussing whether there’s anything I could possibly...

Theoretical Computer Science for AI Alignment … and More

3 months ago

In this terrifying time for the world, I’m delighted to announce a...