AGI is a bad goal. We don’t need more intelligent systems; we need more helpful, beneficial, humanitarian systems. We should measure how “advanced” technology is, not by how well it mimics human capability, but by how it expands it. www.aspendigital.org/project/ai-b...

AI systems are able to pass "theory of mind" tests - Recent research shows post-2022 models achieve 70-93% success rates on these tests, comparable to a 7-9 year old child. This forges trust in ways we are not really prepared for.

New musings: "In Machines We Trust" - explores how our brains, evolved to trust other humans, are now forming bonds with AI systems designed to seem trustworthy. beyond.pubpub.org/pub/artifica...

I'm working on civiceval.org - piecing together evaluations to make AI more competent in everyday civic domains, and crucially: more accountable. New evaluation ideas welcome! It's all open-source.

For the latest Unshocked episode w/ @mehdirhasan.bsky.social we talked about - what else? - shock. How Trump is using "shock and awe" as a governing strategy and how we fight back. zeteo.com/p/its-all-ab...

This weekend! lu.ma/atsinkf6

Bhutan collaborations are afoot! Let me know if you are interested in joining or hearing about opportunities coming up🇧🇹

Align AI to human values? Have you ever met a human? The pinnacle of human centred design is the slot machine. That is what happens when we design things to perfectly match human desires. (paraphrasing Bratton’s talk here )

It is DONE! 🏆 One year ago, I set out to pull together my reflections and answers to the question “how do I get into AI policy?” This week, I finished the final installment. #IHopeWeAllMakeIt posts.bcavello.com/how-to-get-i...

I wrote something about how our over-focus on individual agent alignment might be missing the point, and potentially be causing damage. www.cip.org/blog/safetyp...