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Navigating the Intelligence Explosion (with Fin Moorhouse)
Explosive technological progress, the "grand challenges" on the path to superintelligence, space expansion, and the ethics and politics of artificial…
Aug 19
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Dan Williams
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Henry Shevlin
, and
Fin Moorhouse
19
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1:54:22
The Social Roots of Delusions
Clinical delusions, collective irrationality, and the fragile achievement of human knowledge
Aug 4
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Dan Williams
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July 2026
We Are Stuck With Human Nature, Not Human Ignorance
Why a tragic view of human nature need not imply a pessimistic view of human reason
Jul 29
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Dan Williams
181
16
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Who Will Control Europe’s AI Future? (with Judith Dada)
'Europe 2031', AI sovereignty, and the geopolitics of compute
Jul 21
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Dan Williams
,
Henry Shevlin
, and
Judith Dada
18
1
5
1:16:11
Highbrow Propaganda
Ideological power, populist distrust, and the strongest rational case against rationalism
Jul 14
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Dan Williams
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20
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Can Humanity Survive Superintelligence? (with Robert Wright)
Robert Wright on AI as humanity’s “God Test”: AI progress, superintelligence, the US-China race, global coordination, evolution’s purpose, and…
Jul 3
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Dan Williams
,
Henry Shevlin
, and
Robert Wright
40
13
12
1:32:55
June 2026
How Tribes Construct Rival Realities
Henry Nowak, George Floyd, and the hidden interpretive machinery that drives political conflict.
Jun 22
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Dan Williams
204
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What If Artificial Intelligence Progress Explodes? (with Benjamin Todd)
Benjamin Todd on whether transformative AI is only a few years away, the feedback loops that could compress decades of progress into months, and how to…
Jun 16
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Dan Williams
,
Henry Shevlin
, and
Benjamin Todd
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3
3
1:16:20
The Most Important Decision For Animals in American History
The factory farms are trying to keep pigs in cages so they don't have to feed them as much. It's up to us to stop them.
Published on Bentham's Newsletter
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Jun 3
Academics Must Wake Up on AI (with Alexander Kustov)
Is AI already better at many research tasks than humans? And if so, is this a reflection of how good AI is, or how bad much existing research is?
Jun 2
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Dan Williams
,
Alexander Kustov
, and
Henry Shevlin
38
24
10
1:09:06
May 2026
In Europe, There Is No Simple Immigration-Crime Story
Here are some statements that you might have heard at different times and in different venues concerning immigrants and crime in Europe:
May 28
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Tibor Rutar
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Are We Building Conscious AI Servants?
Was Richard Dawkins right to attribute consciousness to Claude? Can we turn to consciousness "experts" to settle such questions? Is it ethical to design…
May 21
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Dan Williams
and
Henry Shevlin
37
11
10
1:18:58
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