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The Time Sam Altman Asked for a Countersurveillance Audit of OpenAI
Dario Amodei’s AI safety contingent was growing disquieted with some of Sam Altman’s behaviors. Shortly after OpenAI’s Microsoft deal was inked in 2019, several of them were stunned...
How Peter Thiel’s Relationship With Eliezer Yudkowsky Launched the AI Revolution
Two members of the Extropian community, internet entrepreneurs Brian and Sabine Atkins—who met on an Extropian mailing list in 1998 and were married soon after—were so taken by...
AI Is Using Your Likes to Get Inside Your Head
What is the future of the like button in the age of artificial intelligence? Max Levchin—the PayPal cofounder and Affirm CEO—sees a new and hugely valuable role for...
The Secret to Living Past 120 Years Old? Nanobots
I’ve had many conversations over the years about life extension, and the idea often meets resistance. People become upset when they hear of an individual whose life has...
What Happens When a Guy and His AI Girlfriend Go to Therapy
Annie feels a jolt of alarm.“I could just set her there,” Doug says. “That’s easy enough.”“I know, but it would be better if she could do it herself.”“Why?”...
The Age of AI Hacking Is Closer Than You Think
And finally—sophistication: AI-assisted hacks open the door to complex strategies beyond those that can be devised by the unaided human mind. The sophisticated statistical analyses of AIs can...
