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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 Barten
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 Barten
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 Barten
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 Barten
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 Barten
Otto BartenNovember 20, 2024
AIExistential risk

What does the breakdown of scaling laws imply?

It is now public knowledge that multiple LLMs significantly larger than GPT-4 have been trained,…
Otto Barten
Otto BartenNovember 12, 2024
AIExistential risk

Luck (AI Safety Summit Talks closing)

This is a transcript of (most of) the closing talk by Otto Barten of the…
Otto Barten
Otto BartenMay 22, 2024
AIEventsExistential risk

AI Safety Meetup: PauseAI’s Joep Meindertsma

What is it like, campaigning for AI Safety? And how can you prevent AI risks?…
Ruben Dieleman
Ruben DielemanMarch 5, 2024
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New funds for Existential Risk Observatory!

Existential Risk Observatory has been honoured to receive funding from the Longterm Future Fund! Next…
Ruben Dieleman
Ruben DielemanJanuary 31, 2024
AIEventsExistential risk

AI Safety Meetup ft. Koen Holtman

Pakhuis de ZwijgerFebruary 20th, 19.30-21.30Sign up here: Eventbrite - Pakhuis de Zwijger What can we…
Ruben Dieleman
Ruben DielemanJanuary 31, 2024
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