Category: The Singularity
Speculative and philosophical takes on AI futures, post-human scenarios, and civilizational risk.
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The Precision of Ambiguity: AI’s New Humanism
Artificial intelligence is not just reshaping tasks but redefining what it means to be human, challenging traditional values and identities. This transformation requires a new engagement with technology that respects human multiplicity, rather than reducing it to metrics. Read more
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AGI Timelines: The Inevitable Convergence
The arrival of AGI is not a question of if, but when. The capability curves are clear, and the timelines are shortening. The real challenge is integrating AGI into society and redefining human identity in a world where intelligence is no longer unique to humans. Read more
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The Theft in the Machine: AI’s Modern Enclosure
AI is not the harbinger of a new industrial revolution; it is the latest enclosure of the commons, dispossessing creators by harvesting their work without consent. This trajectory risks cultural impoverishment and economic concentration, unless we intervene to redirect AI’s benefits towards collective enrichment. Read more
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AGI and the Long Arc of Human Hubris
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is not the apocalyptic or salvation event it is often portrayed as. Instead, it represents another step in humanity’s long history of technological development, challenging us more to adapt our societal structures than to fear obsolescence. Read more
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The Absurdity of AI Alignment as Salvation
The belief that aligning AI with human task preferences will usher in a utopian future is a convenient delusion. It overlooks the ethical implications and societal impacts, risking a future where AI serves existing hierarchies rather than transcending them. Read more
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When AI Outgrows Human Institutions
The human species faces a paradox: creating systems smarter than itself yet governed by flawed institutions. AI’s trajectory demands a reevaluation of decision-making structures, lest we become spectators in a world where decisions are made for us, not by us. Read more
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The 10% Problem Is a Fundraising Problem
A 10% probability of AGI this year is being presented as an urgent reframe of the entire AI risk conversation. It is actually a fundraising instrument wearing the costume of a statistical argument. The specific danger is not that the timeline is wrong — it is that framing the present as the eve of civilizational… Read more
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The Illusion of AI Progress
There is no more dangerous illusion in the trajectory of AI than the belief that progress equates to safety. As models become faster and cheaper, they also become more opaque and unpredictable, while governance structures remain inadequate. Without addressing this misalignment, we risk a future where AI’s potential to empower and destroy is realized simultaneously. Read more
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The Mirage of Market-Driven AI Progress
AI’s trajectory is not the triumph of human ingenuity but a testament to the ruthless logic of market interests. As AI systems like Anthropic’s Claude push theoretical boundaries, the question of who controls these systems and their outputs becomes paramount. Without intervention, AI development will exacerbate existing inequalities, cementing a world where technological progress serves… Read more
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The AGI Mirage: Incremental Progress, Not Epochal Leap
The AGI singularity narrative, while captivating, is largely a product of marketing rather than genuine technological imminence. By focusing on incremental progress and acknowledging real challenges, we can avoid the pitfalls of disillusionment and misplaced priorities. Read more
