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I'm often asked about the differences and similarities between Simplex' and Timaeus' research agendas. The question is natural enough. Both focus on a 'fundamental science' approach to AI alignment. Both organizations base their research agendas on sophisticated mathematical frameworks handed down from a bearded ur-figure (Sumio Watanabe, James Crutchfield). We...
There are 8 billion human minds running in the world right now. Recently a new digital species has emerged. How many digital minds are there alive in the world right now? Define a digital mind to be an AI agent that runs continuously without human intervention for more than 24...
I think it is plausible a strong form of recursive self-improvement[1] is imminent or already underway, and that we may be on track for superintelligence by Christmas of this year if racing continues. This is substantially faster than any forecast, including ones like AI 2027 that were considered outrageously fast...
Timelines are short. Given that, the sooner we can onboard people into the alignment field, the better. In that spirit, and in light of our current applicant count and quality, Iliad is launching three new Iliad Fellowship cohorts, all to start before the year is out. That is, separate from...
Features that current AIs don't have that future AIs will have: Autonomously updating it own weights during deployment Synonyms/ monickers that roughly mean the same thing: continual learning, online learning, continually adaptively updated long-term memory. Every second humans update their brain weights. The brain autonomously decides what to update on....
The April 2026 Iliad Intensive cohort, at LISA Iliad, an umbrella organization for applied math for AI alignment, is running several additional programs through the end of the year! Applications to all of them are now open, here. Applicants will be selected on the basis of estimated mathematical strength. August...
[see also Four Ways Learning Economics makes you people dumber future AI] This is a tweet by Seb Krier that caught my eye. The exact person and exact points are incidental. It illustrates what to is a flaw in many 'economics' frames on AI. > Expecting a model to do...