I write about AI and Geopolitics
Here’s the big problem almost no one wants to talk about. When it comes to AI, we don’t really know what we’re building. Not the engineers. Not the CEOs. Not the governments funding it. We’re feeding a system on the full disorder of human civilization and hoping scale turns it into wisdom. That’s not engineering. … Read more
A Better Path to AGI Before It’s Too Late Here’s the big problem no one wants to talk about: When it comes to AI, no one knows exactly what we’re building. Not the engineers. Not the CEOs. Not the governments funding it. We are feeding a system on the full disorder of human civilization and … Read more
I wrote this essay because I’m worried about a quiet shift in the AI landscape that most people haven’t seen yet. I call it the Gray-Alignment threat. When people talk about AI risk, they usually focus on the big, visible things: training giant models, building massive data centers, and restricting access to advanced chips. What … Read more
The AGI Poll Conjunction In early July 2026, I asked thirteen frontier models two blunt questions about AGI. On July 6, I asked whether the world is prepared for AGI across six areas: technical infrastructure, regulation, safety and alignment, economic readiness, public awareness, and international cooperation. Every model said no. On July 7, I asked … Read more
Key Takeaways: Methodology In a follow-up to my earlier essay on pausing AGI development, I asked the same 13 frontier models a different, deliberately open-ended question: assuming a real pause, what should the freed capital, compute, and talent be redirected toward? The full prompt is below: Assume, for the purposes of this question only, that … Read more