At my job on the compute policy team at IAPS, we recently started a Substack that we call The Substrate. I think this could be of interest to some here, since I quite often see discussions on LessWrong around export controls, hardware-enabled mechanisms, security, and other compute-governance-related topics.
To make this quick take not merely an advertisement, I would also be happy to discuss anything about any of these posts, and/or to hear suggestions for things that we should write about.
At my job on the compute policy team at IAPS, we recently started a Substack that we call The Substrate. I think this could be of interest to some here, since I quite often see discussions on LessWrong around export controls, hardware-enabled mechanisms, security, and other compute-governance-related topics.
Here are the posts we’ve published so far:
For chip exports, quantity is at least as important as quality, about how to best set AI chip export policy
The case for paying whistleblowers to report on export violations, about the Stop Stealing Our Chips Act
BIS is getting more funding—here’s how to spend it, about the upcoming Bureau of Industry and Security budget increase, and what BIS plans to and should do with the money
Why securing AI model weights isn’t enough, about AI integrity (that is, ensuring AI models don’t have backdoors, etc.)
To make this quick take not merely an advertisement, I would also be happy to discuss anything about any of these posts, and/or to hear suggestions for things that we should write about.