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I expect to be wrong in some ways on this post. Would be keen for feedback! Introduction/Summary As AI agents increase in capability, conduct tasks over longer time horizons, and interact more deeply with the world, it will be worth asking whether such agents should be given rights? A primary...

I let a tooth rot for over a year. It was my upper right second molar, the one just before the wisdom tooth. Every time I ate something hard, like a peanut, it would wedge into the decay and shoot a spike of pain through my upper jaw. I was...

Illustration by Pallavi Yadav I previously wrote a post called ‘Wacky’ and deleted it. This is another attempt to explain why I think the future could get wacky, written mainly from the perspective of having children and the world they might grow up in. This is speculation; my biases and...

If the biggest threat model from AI systems comes from internal deployment, then the correct governance move is to establish independent legal supervisors for frontier AI labs[1]. Steven Adler recently argued against relying on a "race to the top," where frontier labs compete to be the safest when deploying models....

Tom and I have been pondering how to make friends as adults. One solution he has invented is CultFrisbee™. Here's how you play: Rules: * You need at least one other player. * Before catching a frisbee, you must clap. Fouls: * Not catching a 'properly' thrown frisbee * Failing...

This was written by Gaurav Yadav and Robert Reason for the Bristol AI Safety Centre. Thank you to David Staley, Gabriel Kulp, Lucy Farnik, Oliver Guest, and Oliver Marks for their feedback and help on this report. The views here do not necessarily reflect the views of these individuals. Abstract...