september 10 1ak

Today I did a bunch of stuff and had a lot of great conversations today but one of the highpoints was the moment I sunk my teeth into a Lemonhead slice at Mac's and remembered just how perfect the right piece of pizza at the right temperature eaten at the right time can feel. I fucking loved that bite. I thought, during that bite, "man, if only life could be this simple and delightful." And then, a moment later, "actually, life can and should be this simple and delightful." I've spent a lot of time thinking about things like this lately for reasons including but not limited to the fact that a guy who quit Anthropic suggested there was a 10% chance that an AI superintelligence could wipe us out before the Summer Olympiad hits Brisbane, Australia in 2032. Some pullquotes, if you don't feel like clicking through: The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers…