Alex Darby

The Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act of 2026 is a good bill. It takes the problem seriously, and it is right to focus narrowly on existential risk (recursive self-improvement, loss of control, large-scale CBRN uplift) and leave ordinary harms to other legislation. One change would turn it from good to great....

Problems often persist not because they are hard, but because nobody's paying attention to them. These eight fictitious studies are sketches of what paying attention can look like in practice. The Well-Dressed Intern Aaron wanted to make a strong impression in his first week as an intern, optimizing his appearance...