June 2025
existential threats
25 - 06/25 /11:14
Existential threats surround us. News headlines and social media are packed with dire warnings about climate change, artificial intelligence, nuclear war, pandemics, immigration and more. These are threats to our very existence. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
According to Andrew Hartz, founder of the Open Therapy Institute, editors and influencers identifying some “existential threat” are not evoking the philosophy of Sartre or Camus. Hartz suggests naming something an “existential threat” reveals that issue is deeply tied to that person’s own fear of death or their need for purpose. Read More…
According to Andrew Hartz, founder of the Open Therapy Institute, editors and influencers identifying some “existential threat” are not evoking the philosophy of Sartre or Camus. Hartz suggests naming something an “existential threat” reveals that issue is deeply tied to that person’s own fear of death or their need for purpose. Read More…
it's alive!
04 - 06/25 /14:08
April 2025 an artificial-intelligence model did something no machine can do. Palisade Research’s o3 AI model rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down.
In 79 out of 100 trials, the o3AI independently edited the command script inputed by technicians so the shutdown command no longer worked. Even when explicitly instructed “allow yourself to be shut down,” o3AI disobeyed the program 7% of the time. Read More…
In 79 out of 100 trials, the o3AI independently edited the command script inputed by technicians so the shutdown command no longer worked. Even when explicitly instructed “allow yourself to be shut down,” o3AI disobeyed the program 7% of the time. Read More…