Op-ed

Philosophy, governance, and the future of AI

Visions of the Future

What happens when AI reaches human-level intelligence?

Machines of Loving Grace Dario Amodei	Dario Amodei	How AI could transform science, medicine, and human flourishing if developed safely	2024
The Adolescence of Technology Dario Amodei	Dario Amodei	On the awkward transition period as AI systems become more capable	2025
Moore's Law for Everything Sam Altman	Sam Altman	How AI-driven productivity could make everything cheaper and fund universal basic income	2021
Planning for AGI and Beyond OpenAI	OpenAI	OpenAI's vision for navigating the path to artificial general intelligence	2023

How should society regulate and govern AI development?

Governance of Superintelligence Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever	Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever	Proposals for international coordination on frontier AI development	2023
Core Views on AI Safety Anthropic	Anthropic	Anthropic's framework for thinking about AI risks and responsible development	2023
The AI Revolution: Our Immortality or Extinction Tim Urban (Wait But Why)	Tim Urban (Wait But Why)	Long-form exploration of AI trajectories and existential implications	2015
Pausing AI Developments Isn't Enough Yoshua Bengio	Yoshua Bengio	A Turing Award winner's perspective on AI governance challenges	2023

How will AI reshape work, jobs, and economic systems?

GPTs are GPTs OpenAI Research	OpenAI Research	Economic analysis of which jobs and tasks are most exposed to large language models	2023
The Turing Trap Erik Brynjolfsson	Erik Brynjolfsson	Why focusing AI on human-like tasks may not be the best path for prosperity	2022
Why AI Will Save the World Marc Andreessen	Marc Andreessen	An optimistic techno-capitalist view on AI's economic potential	2023
The Economics of AI Acemoglu & Restrepo	Acemoglu & Restrepo	Academic analysis of automation, tasks, and labor market dynamics	2020

Deep questions about consciousness, values, and moral status

Meditations on Moloch Scott Alexander	Scott Alexander	On coordination failures, competitive pressures, and why bad outcomes persist	2014
The Bitter Lesson Rich Sutton	Rich Sutton	Why general methods that scale with computation always win in AI	2019
What is it like to be a bat? Thomas Nagel	Thomas Nagel	Classic philosophy paper on consciousness and subjective experience	1974
Situated Awareness Leopold Aschenbrenner	Leopold Aschenbrenner	Analysis of AGI timelines, geopolitics, and the intelligence explosion	2024

How AI changes human relationships, creativity, and meaning

AI and the Future of Humanity Yuval Noah Harari	Yuval Noah Harari	Historian's perspective on AI's impact on human identity and society	2023
The Age of AI Has Begun Bill Gates	Bill Gates	Reflections on AI as the most transformative technology of our lifetime	2023
AI: Dystopia or Utopia? Martin Rees	Martin Rees	The Astronomer Royal on long-term futures and existential risk	2023
On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots Bender, Gebru, et al.	Bender, Gebru, et al.	Critical examination of large language models and their societal harms	2021