Ian Writes

Legacy

George Bush wakes at 5:00 AM every day. [...]

Sep 11 • Ian

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Please be Nice

Sometimes people will be angry at you. Better to address the causes than litigate the critique.

Sep 7 • Ian

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August 2026

A Vision

Writing a book is hard

Aug 13 • Ian

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July 2026

Apollo’s Chinese Takeout

Happy 4th of July, America!

Jul 4 • Ian

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June 2026

Will China Forbid Open-Weight Models?

Yes, if they take Mythos and the US government seriously

Jun 19 • Ian

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Phonies

Anthropic's self-interested actions can still be prosocial

Jun 10 • Ian

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Editing is Easy, but Revision is Hard

It's nice if you can get structure right on the first try

Jun 5 • Ian

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Agent Foundations Reminds Me of Continental Philosophy

Be careful when formalizing speculative writing

Jun 2 • Ian

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May 2026

I'm Here Because of Superintelligence Risk

AFFINE Week 3: Computers could be smarter than us soon; that's dangerous

May 18 • Ian

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AFFINE Seminar: Weeks 1 - 2

In which I express my confusion

May 11 • Ian

April 2026

AFFINE Seminar: Week 0

AFFINE seminar to study superintelligence alignment.

Apr 29 • Ian

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Morality without Consciousness

Part 2: Ethical considerations vis-à-vis goo

Apr 18 • Ian

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