AIArtificial IntelligenceExistential risk Hardening against AI takeover is difficult, but we should try Over a decade ago, Eliezer Yudkowsky famously ran the AI box experiment, in which a…Otto BartenNovember 5, 2025
AIArtificial IntelligenceExistential risk AI Offense Defense Balance in a Multipolar World By Otto Barten and Sammy Martin Executive summary We examine whether intent-aligned defensive AI can…Otto BartenJuly 16, 2025
AIArtificial IntelligenceExistential risk Yes RAND, AI Could Really Cause Human Extinction Last month, think tank RAND published a report titled On the Extinction Risk from Artificial…Otto BartenJune 20, 2025
AIArtificial IntelligenceExistential risk AI has passed the Turing test In 1950, Alan Turing asked himself the question: "can machines think?" Turing started, as mathematicians…Otto BartenApril 3, 2025
AIArtificial IntelligenceExistential riskGlobal Media Our proposal in TIME: a Conditional AI Safety Treaty Last week, we proposed the Conditional AI Safety Treaty in TIME Magazine as a solution…Otto BartenNovember 20, 2024
Artificial Intelligence Human-level AI is arriving "ChatGPT is really very stupid and completely unreliable," writes Ilyaz Nasrullah in his op-ed (Trouw,…Otto BartenJanuary 10, 2023
Artificial IntelligenceClimate changeExistential riskNuclear warPandemics Human extinction is not an economic issue According to Frank Kalshoven's column (The lives of our distant descendants are worth less than…Otto BartenNovember 21, 2022
Artificial Intelligence AI development is risky with or without sentience This is a collaborative post between David Scott Krueger and Otto Barten. David is University…Otto BartenJuly 14, 2022
Artificial Intelligence Important Safety Considerations for Current AI Research Last week's post explored some of the potential philosophical issues raised in association with the…Ben BucknallJuly 5, 2021
Artificial Intelligence How could Artificial General Intelligence pose an existential risk? Estimated by Oxford philosopher Toby Ord to constitute approximately a one in ten chance of…Ben BucknallJune 28, 2021