Michael Flood

Epistemic status: speculative, but near-term grounded I am putting fingers to keyboard now, even though this idea is half-formed, partly because my experience with AI Safety these past few weeks is that the known frontier of discussion runs past what I was thinking about every couple of days. So here...

Status: This is a working thesis, where I am starting out from. Consider it a version 0.1 for where my thinking is at. I hope people find it useful for narrowing in on what the actual questions are. Notably, what constitutes a swarm? Research Goal To develop questions, hypotheses, and...

Never know what you're going to find... (image generated with Google Nano Banana 2) This post is the start of something different on A Flood of Ideas, a kind of live blogging of my thoughts and development process as I think through an important question. These are going to be...

Many people are voicing first order thoughts on AI agents as they become more widespread, capable, and gain more permissions. A good recent example is Dr. Hannah Fry's YouTube video "Why AI agents are either the best or worst thing we've ever built." Skip over the cute/predictable "whoops, it gave...

> “And Pharaoh’s heart grew hard, and he did not heed them, as the Lord had said.” > > — Exodus 7:13, NKJV Oxycodone It is easy, in ethical thinking, to ask catechism questions: questions whose answers are already waiting for us. What in individuals leads to addiction? Unprocessed childhood...

<crossposted from AI and Intrinsic Motivation to Learn - by M Flood) Zvi Mowshowitz, in a recent AI roundup (emphasis added): > In order to use an opportunity to learn, LLM or otherwise, you need to be keeping up with the material so you can follow it, and then choose...

Question to the AI Safety researchers here: if, in the next four years, the US government locks down the domestic AI labs to begin a Manhattan Project style dash for AGI, would you consider (if offered) a position in such a project, understanding that you would need to abide by...