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AISafety.info

Free question-and-answer site explaining AI risk arguments in plain language, founded by Rob Miles and maintained by volunteers. Answers are organised as linked questions from beginner to advanced, covering how AI is advancing, why systems may pursue goals, alignment research and AI governance. Includes Stampy, a chatbot that answers AI safety questions with sources. Open source on GitHub; run as a project of Ashgro Inc, a US 501(c)(3) charity.

Why I recommend it: The clearest free place to find out what people mean when they talk about AI risk, written so you can follow it without a technical background. Be clear about what it is: this is advocacy, not a neutral survey of the debate. The homepage opens with 'it could lead to human extinction', and the whole site is built by people who already hold that view, so you will get their strongest arguments rather than the strongest objections to them. Their own chatbot warns it can be inaccurate — check its sources before repeating anything. Read it to understand the case, then read the critics of it, and pair it with the AI Basics page here for the numbers.

#ai ethics#ai governance#ai risk#ai safety#alignment#education#existential risk#explainer#glossary#open source#regulation#research#volunteer
aisafety.infoAdded Sep 23, 20260 opens
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Nick Bostrom

Personal site of the philosopher behind Superintelligence and the simulation argument, with free full-text papers on existential risk, human enhancement, anthropics and the future of AI. Many of the ideas now standard in AI risk debates started here; his work is also widely criticised, so read it alongside its critics.

From the site: Oxford philosopher (videos, papers, interviews, bio, etc.)

Why I recommend it: Read the primary source rather than summaries of it — then read the critics, several of whom are already in the hub.

#existential risk#papers#philosophy#research#superintelligence
nickbostrom.comAdded Sep 18, 20260 opens
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Cold Takes

Newsletter and blog covering transformative AI risk, AI alignment, forecasting, longtermism and how to navigate the century ahead. By Holden Karnofsky; posts are freely readable with an optional audio version.

From the site: For audio version, search for "Cold Takes Audio" in your podcast app

#ai#ai ethics#alignment#ethics#existential risk#forecasting#longtermism#newsletter
Cold TakesAdded Sep 18, 20260 opens
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Democratising Risk: In Search of a Methodology to Study Existential Risk

SSRN working paper by Carla Zoe Cremer (Oxford) and Luke Kemp (Cambridge) examining how existential risk studies can be made more rigorous, pluralistic and democratic. Argues for separating extinction ethics from risk analysis and drawing on broader risk-assessment literature.

#ai ethics#democracy#existential risk#extinction#longtermism#methodology#paper#research
papers.ssrn.comAdded Sep 18, 20261 opens
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Realtime Techpocalypse Newsletter

Émile P. Torres's weekly newsletter examining the ideologies driving Silicon Valley — effective altruism, longtermism, TESCREAL, and the race to build artificial superintelligence — from a critical, insider-turned-skeptic perspective.

From the site: Stop doomscrolling and just read this! Click to read Realtime Techpocalypse Newsletter, by Émile P. Torres, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

#ai ethics#AI ethics#effective altruism#existential risk#longtermism#newsletter#Silicon Valley#tech criticism#TESCREAL
realtimetechpocalypse.comAdded Sep 18, 20260 opens
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Effective Altruism Is a Dangerous Cult — Here's Why

A long-form critical essay by Émile P. Torres arguing that the effective altruism movement has become a cult-like ideology with its own doctrines, charismatic leaders, jargon and social controls — and that this matters for how AI is being developed.

From the site: Understanding the "Scientology of Silicon Valley." (7,700 words)

#ai ethics#AI ethics#effective altruism#existential risk#longtermism#tech criticism#TESCREAL
realtimetechpocalypse.comAdded Sep 18, 20260 opens
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Émile P. Torres / xriskology

The academic and popular-writing home page of philosopher Émile P. Torres, covering existential risk, the history of human-extinction thought, and critical work on TESCREAL ideologies in Silicon Valley.

#academic#ai ethics#AI ethics#existential risk#longtermism#philosophy#TESCREAL
Émile P. TorresAdded Sep 18, 20260 opens