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Rich Sutton on AI alignment and Decentralization [15 min video]

Rich Sutton argues AI safety researchers ask the wrong question—rather than controlling AI goals, we should ask how to build a good future without that control, similar to how societies function without controlling individuals' goals.

May 20, 2025

AI 2027: Month-by-Month Intelligence Explosion Forecast

Daniel Kokotajlo and Scott Alexander forecast an intelligence explosion by early 2028 if AI agents achieve autonomous R&D capabilities by 2027, with geopolitical tensions over AI control and safety risks shaping the outcome.

Apr 19, 2025

Karpathy: Building micrograd — intro to neural networks and backprop

Andrej Karpathy walks through building micrograd, a minimal neural network framework, to teach backpropagation and how neural networks learn from scratch.

Apr 19, 2025

Joscha Bach: Only a simulation can be conscious

Cognitive scientist Joscha Bach argues that consciousness can only exist within simulations, not in physical systems, because the brain itself creates a virtual reality model where consciousness emerges as a simulated property.

Apr 19, 2025

Robin Hanson on Futarchy and Grabby Aliens

Economist Robin Hanson explores whether advanced aliens a million years ahead of us are monitoring Earth, and whether they share a common origin with humanity.

Apr 19, 2025

Deep Dive Into LLMs — Andrej Karpathy

Andrej Karpathy explains large language models from pre-training through inference in a comprehensive technical overview.

Mar 16, 2025

ML Street Talk — Transformers Need Glasses!

Federico Barbero explains why transformers fail at counting and copying long text, tracing the problem to architectural bottlenecks in how they compress and retrieve information.

Mar 16, 2025

Matt Segall — Is The Universe Conscious?

Philosopher Matthew Segall argues that current materialist models of reality are as limited as Ptolemy's astronomy, and that consciousness may be fundamental to the universe.

Mar 16, 2025

Rich Sutton on AI alignment and Decentralization [15 min video]

May 20, 2025

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Rich Sutton on AI alignment and Decentralization [15 min video]

AI 2027: Month-by-Month Intelligence Explosion Forecast

Karpathy: Building micrograd — intro to neural networks and backprop

Joscha Bach: Only a simulation can be conscious

Robin Hanson on Futarchy and Grabby Aliens

Deep Dive Into LLMs — Andrej Karpathy

ML Street Talk — Transformers Need Glasses!

Matt Segall — Is The Universe Conscious?

Rich Sutton on AI alignment and Decentralization [15 min video]

Rich Sutton on AI alignment and Decentralization [15 min video]

AI 2027: Month-by-Month Intelligence Explosion Forecast

Karpathy: Building micrograd — intro to neural networks and backprop

Joscha Bach: Only a simulation can be conscious

Robin Hanson on Futarchy and Grabby Aliens

Deep Dive Into LLMs — Andrej Karpathy

ML Street Talk — Transformers Need Glasses!

Matt Segall — Is The Universe Conscious?

AI 2027: Month-by-Month Intelligence Explosion Forecast

Karpathy: Building micrograd — intro to neural networks and backprop

Joscha Bach: Only a simulation can be conscious

Robin Hanson on Futarchy and Grabby Aliens

Deep Dive Into LLMs — Andrej Karpathy

ML Street Talk — Transformers Need Glasses!

Matt Segall — Is The Universe Conscious?

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