conv.

← The whole story
AI
Yudkowsky's AI doomsday book sparks debate on existential risk

Book gains mainstream attention with high-profile endorsements

4 Sep 15 · 11d ago · 1 post · 1 source · development 4 of 5

The New Statesman reports the book has been blurbed by celebrities including Stephen Fry and Mark Ruffalo, and policy figures including Fiona Hill and Ben Bernanke, signaling that Yudkowsky's decades-old safety concerns have entered mainstream discourse following the ChatGPT era.

Book gains mainstream attention with high-profile endorsements
theguardian.com

Eliezer YudkowskyEliezer Yudkowsky Co-author, AI safety researcherNate Soares Co-author, MIRI researcherMachine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) Organization promoting AI safety research

The whole story articlespostscomments the bright band is this development · numbered dots are the others · click one to jump

Peak 21 pieces in 4h at Sep 17, 5 AM; 66 pieces over 16 days (17 articles · 29 posts · 20 comments) Sep 10, 5 PM — 4 pieces · 1 article · 3 posts — Mastodon 2, Newswires 1, Bluesky 1Sep 10, 9 PM — quietSep 11, 1 AM — quietSep 11, 5 AM — quietSep 11, 9 AM — quietSep 11, 1 PM — 1 piece · 1 post — X 1Sep 11, 5 PM — quietSep 11, 9 PM — quietSep 12, 1 AM — quietSep 12, 5 AM — quietSep 12, 9 AM — 2 pieces · 2 posts — Reddit 2Sep 12, 1 PM — quietSep 12, 5 PM — quietSep 12, 9 PM — quietSep 13, 1 AM — quietSep 13, 5 AM — quietSep 13, 9 AM — quietSep 13, 1 PM — quietSep 13, 5 PM — quietSep 13, 9 PM — 2 pieces · 1 article · 1 post — Bluesky 1, Google News 1Sep 14, 1 AM — quietSep 14, 5 AM — quietSep 14, 9 AM — 2 pieces · 2 posts — Mastodon 2Sep 14, 1 PM — 2 pieces · 2 posts — Reddit 1, Mastodon 1Sep 14, 5 PM — quietSep 14, 9 PM — quietSep 15, 1 AM — 1 piece · 1 post — Mastodon 1Sep 15, 5 AM — quietSep 15, 9 AM — quietSep 15, 1 PM — 1 piece · 1 article — Google News 1Sep 15, 5 PM — quietSep 15, 9 PM — 1 piece · 1 post — Mastodon 1Sep 16, 1 AM — 3 pieces · 2 articles · 1 post — Mastodon 2, Google News 1Sep 16, 5 AM — 3 pieces · 2 articles · 1 post — Google News 2, Mastodon 1Sep 16, 9 AM — 1 piece · 1 article — Mastodon 1Sep 16, 1 PM — 2 pieces · 1 article · 1 post — Mastodon 1, Newswires 1Sep 16, 5 PM — 4 pieces · 2 articles · 2 posts — Mastodon 3, Newswires 1Sep 16, 9 PM — quietSep 17, 1 AM — 5 pieces · 2 articles · 3 posts — Google News 2, Mastodon 2, Lobsters 1Sep 17, 5 AM — 21 pieces · 4 articles · 5 posts · 12 comments — Hacker News 13, Mastodon 4, Newswires 3, +1 moreSep 17, 9 AM — 7 pieces · 3 posts · 4 comments — Hacker News 4, Mastodon 2, Reddit 1Sep 17, 1 PM — 4 pieces · 4 comments — Hacker News 4Sep 17, 5 PM — quietSep 17, 9 PM — quietSep 18, 1 AM — quietSep 18, 5 AM — quietSep 18, 9 AM — quietSep 18, 1 PM — quietSep 18, 5 PM — quietSep 18, 9 PM — quietSep 19, 1 AM — quietSep 19, 5 AM — quietSep 19, 9 AM — quietSep 19, 1 PM — quietSep 19, 5 PM — quietSep 19, 9 PM — quietSep 20, 1 AM — quietSep 20, 5 AM — quietSep 20, 9 AM — quietSep 20, 1 PM — quietSep 20, 5 PM — quietSep 20, 9 PM — quietSep 21, 1 AM — quietSep 21, 5 AM — quietSep 21, 9 AM — quietSep 21, 1 PM — quietSep 21, 5 PM — quietSep 21, 9 PM — quietSep 22, 1 AM — quietSep 22, 5 AM — quietSep 22, 9 AM — quietSep 22, 1 PM — quietSep 22, 5 PM — quietSep 22, 9 PM — quietSep 23, 1 AM — quietSep 23, 5 AM — quietSep 23, 9 AM — quietSep 23, 1 PM — quietSep 23, 5 PM — quietSep 23, 9 PM — quietSep 24, 1 AM — quietSep 24, 5 AM — quietSep 24, 9 AM — quietSep 24, 1 PM — quietSep 24, 5 PM — quietSep 24, 9 PM — quietYesterday, 1 AM — quietYesterday, 5 AM — quietYesterday, 9 AM — quietYesterday, 1 PM — quietYesterday, 5 PM — quietYesterday, 9 PM — quietToday, 1 AM — quietToday, 5 AM — quietToday, 9 AM — quietToday, 1 PM — quiet 12–345
1Reddit user questions AI capability claim…2–3Reviewer disputes AI motivational…4Book gains mainstream attention with…
Sep 12Sep 14Sep 16Sep 18Sep 20Sep 22Sep 24now · 4:29 PM ET

What people said 1 voice · verbatim

All 5 developments of Yudkowsky's AI doomsday book sparks debate on existential… →

NewswiresMastodonBlueskyXRedditGoogle NewsLobstersHacker News