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MichaelDickens

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Cam­paign spend­ing limits would re­duce ex­tinc­tion risk (but spend­ing limits might not ac­cord with Con­sti­tu­tional prin­ci­ples)

MichaelDickens21 Sep 2026 22:17 UTC
13 points
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Pop­u­la­tion ethics is a big deal, which is why I made this pop­u­la­tion ethics quiz

MichaelDickens31 Aug 2026 23:13 UTC
9 points
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On De­moc­ra­tiz­ing ASI to Pre­serve Civil Liberties

MichaelDickens10 Aug 2026 12:08 UTC
43 points
5 comments3 min readLW link

Notes on the pos­si­bil­ity of moral progress

MichaelDickens5 Aug 2026 16:05 UTC
14 points
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Paus­ing AI at hu­man level seems harder than paus­ing ASAP

MichaelDickens13 Jul 2026 17:20 UTC
73 points
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Train­ing AI to be bet­ter at cor­rect­ness than persuasion

MichaelDickens6 Jul 2026 18:07 UTC
24 points
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AI will make biolog­i­cal ex­tinc­tion risks worse be­fore it makes them better

MichaelDickens29 Jun 2026 17:05 UTC
38 points
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A fron­tier AI com­pany should shut down

MichaelDickens15 Jun 2026 16:56 UTC
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How valuable are weak AI safety reg­u­la­tions?

MichaelDickens8 Jun 2026 18:24 UTC
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We Need Breadth-First AI Safety Plans

MichaelDickens1 Jun 2026 17:36 UTC
39 points
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Sen­tient Welfare Across Three Futures

MichaelDickens25 May 2026 16:22 UTC
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Can AI make ad­vance­ments in moral philos­o­phy by writ­ing proofs?

MichaelDickens14 Apr 2026 0:09 UTC
14 points
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Paus­ing AI Is the Best An­swer to Post-Align­ment Problems

MichaelDickens11 Apr 2026 15:46 UTC
63 points
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By Strong De­fault, ASI Will End Liberal Democracy

MichaelDickens6 Apr 2026 23:43 UTC
54 points
17 comments3 min readLW link

Which types of AI al­ign­ment re­search are most likely to be good for all sen­tient be­ings?

MichaelDickens23 Mar 2026 13:38 UTC
11 points
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If AI al­ign­ment is only as hard as build­ing the steam en­g­ine, then we likely still die

MichaelDickens10 Jan 2026 23:10 UTC
35 points
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Where I Am Donat­ing in 2025

MichaelDickens28 Nov 2025 5:07 UTC
39 points
2 comments14 min readLW link

Align­ment Boot­strap­ping Is Dangerous

MichaelDickens27 Nov 2025 18:18 UTC
18 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

We won’t solve post-al­ign­ment prob­lems by do­ing research

MichaelDickens21 Nov 2025 18:03 UTC
24 points
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Know­ing Whether AI Align­ment Is a One-Shot Prob­lem Is a One-Shot Problem

MichaelDickens17 Nov 2025 19:11 UTC
33 points
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