Published on February 18, 2026 5:55 PM GMT Alignment Is Proven To Be Tractable At least the systems that we build today often have that property. I mean, I’m hopeful that someday we’ll be able to build systems that have more of a sense of common sense. We talk about possible ways
Preface This essay argues that rational people don’t have goals, and that rational AIs shouldn’t have goals. Human actions are rational not because we direct them at some final ‘goals,’ but because we align actions to practices [1] : networks of actions, action-dispositions, acti
Multiple studies have either shown that smartphone and social media use among teens has minimal effects on their mental health or none at all. As a 2024 review published by an American Psychological Association journal put it: “There is no evidence that time spent on social media
Published on February 19, 2026 1:30 AM GMT Who Let The Docs Out launched their AI Safety Grant yesterday ( linked here ), which was aptly named ‘ The Automation & Humanity Documentary Fund’. This granting fund was established to provide early-stage research funding ( $8,000 ) to
As most of you know, I live on a rural road where Internet options are limited. More than 20 years ago, DSL became available where I live, which meant that I could ditch the satellite internet of the early 2000s, which topped out at something like 1.5mbps and rarely achieved that
What is it? I can’t tell you! When will you be able to know? I can’t say! But when I can tell you, will I? We’ll see! What I can tell you is that Athena is working on it with me, she’s been great to work with so far, and my decision to hire her at Scalzi Enterprises was pretty sm