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Astra is an excellent model. The jump from Sol to Astra is larger than the jump from Fable 5 to Fable 5.1. This is a big deal. Astra is the best model for what one would broadly call ‘ambitious projects,’ and likely has the highest raw intelligence factor of any...

CEOs of major AI labs, and employees of major AI labs, including OpenAI and Anthropic, often say they plan to build superintelligence soon, as in within a few years create AIs that are superior to humans at essentially all cognitive tasks. They often warn that such AIs might kill everyone....

These are quotes from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google employees, in the wake of Jacob Coxon’s warnings, in which the employees confirm that they think AI might soon kill everyone. If more quotes come in over the next week or so, I will update this post accordingly. PREFERENCE CASCADE STATEMENTS AT...

The world of AI is inside my OODA loop. Even if I can process all the incoming information and sculpt it into posts, and even using Saturday and Sunday as flex slots, I don’t have enough days of the week to post all the posts that need posting. That was...

OpenAI claims that Astra is ‘the most intelligent and most aligned [available] model’ in the world. Not the most intelligent and aligned OpenAI model, but the most period. That is bold talk. It risks overstepping, and by doing so souring the release of what is clearly an excellent model. As...

OpenAI’s central message on Astra is that it is three things: 1. Highly capable and can do all the things for you. 2. Hard to monitor. 3. The most aligned model. The first claim largely checks out. Astra and Fable are both clearly excellent models. This post is about their...

OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki is dropping truth bombs. Tomorrow I will discuss Astra’s lack of monitorability, and the potential contributing factors to that. The situation is alarming and should freak you out, and briefly it looked, in the wake of leaked architectural changes, like the situation might be even...