38th Mailing
The beginning of a new year makes it appropriate to switch to a new distribution schedule. Beginning today, look for three mailings each week, usually on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
In recent days there have been mounting news reports about the increasing likelihood of runaway AI with a variety of possible grim outcomes. American legislators seem jittery. Understandably, thoughtful observers are unclear about whether to credit such reports and, even if they do, about what the societal response should be.
Into this maelstrom steps Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, currently the leading AI company, with a serious proposal for a global time-out. Today’s mailing is a link to that proposal. It is well worth the half-hour or so it will take for you to grasp its central thesis.
