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Raymond Douglas

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I’m a researcher at ACS working on understanding agency and optimisation, especially in the context of how ais work and how society is going to work once the ais are everywhere.

Per­sona Parasitology

Raymond Douglas16 Feb 2026 16:22 UTC
102 points
14 comments11 min readLW link

Disem­pow­er­ment pat­terns in real-world AI usage

29 Jan 2026 16:36 UTC
47 points
3 comments2 min readLW link
(www.anthropic.com)

GD Roundup #4 - in­fer­ence, mo­nop­o­lies, and AI Jesus

Raymond Douglas14 Jan 2026 15:43 UTC
38 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

When does com­pe­ti­tion lead to recog­nis­able val­ues?

12 Jan 2026 23:13 UTC
63 points
18 comments25 min readLW link
(postagi.org)

The Eco­nomics of Trans­for­ma­tive AI

8 Jan 2026 22:22 UTC
63 points
3 comments18 min readLW link
(post-agi.org)

Grad­ual Disem­pow­er­ment Monthly Roundup #3

Raymond Douglas9 Dec 2025 16:02 UTC
49 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Ray­mond Dou­glas’s Shortform

Raymond Douglas9 Dec 2025 13:30 UTC
7 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Grad­ual Disem­pow­er­ment Monthly Roundup #2

Raymond Douglas9 Nov 2025 14:43 UTC
46 points
1 comment6 min readLW link

Up­com­ing Work­shop on Post-AGI Eco­nomics, Cul­ture, and Governance

28 Oct 2025 21:55 UTC
43 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

Grad­ual Disem­pow­er­ment Monthly Roundup

Raymond Douglas6 Oct 2025 15:36 UTC
120 points
9 comments6 min readLW link

Sum­mary of our Work­shop on Post-AGI Outcomes

29 Aug 2025 17:14 UTC
109 points
3 comments3 min readLW link

Healthy AI re­la­tion­ships as a microcosm

Raymond Douglas23 Jul 2025 15:59 UTC
13 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

‘AI for so­cietal up­lift’ as a path to victory

Raymond Douglas4 Jul 2025 15:32 UTC
85 points
22 comments2 min readLW link

Up­com­ing work­shop on Post-AGI Civ­i­liza­tional Equilibria

21 Jun 2025 15:57 UTC
25 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

Grad­ual Disem­pow­er­ment: Con­crete Re­search Projects

Raymond Douglas29 May 2025 18:55 UTC
100 points
10 comments10 min readLW link

Disem­pow­er­ment spirals as a likely mechanism for ex­is­ten­tial catastrophe

10 Apr 2025 14:37 UTC
76 points
7 comments5 min readLW link

Selec­tion Pres­sures on LM Personas

Raymond Douglas28 Mar 2025 20:33 UTC
40 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Grad­ual Disem­pow­er­ment: Sys­temic Ex­is­ten­tial Risks from In­cre­men­tal AI Development

30 Jan 2025 17:03 UTC
183 points
65 comments2 min readLW link
(gradual-disempowerment.ai)

What does suc­cess look like?

Raymond Douglas23 Jan 2025 17:48 UTC
11 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

The Choice Transition

18 Nov 2024 12:30 UTC
54 points
6 comments15 min readLW link2 reviews
(strangecities.substack.com)