Reposted by MIRIMalo Bourgon @malo.online · 29/07/2026Much more is needed to build the technical and governance tools to deliberately pace frontier AI development—from a moderate slowdown to a halt—and many folks are doing good work in this space already. Here’s a sampling of related work from MIRI. 🧵 152
MIRI @intelligence.org · 18/06/2026«Если какая‑либо компания или группа на планете создаст искусственный сверхинтеллект, используя что‑либо, даже отдаленно похожее на современные технологии, и основываясь на понимании ИИ, даже отдаленно похожем на нынешнее, то погибнут все люди на всей Земле.» 110
Reposted by MIRIAI StopWatch @aistopwatch.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Ten places where Magnifica Humanitas matters for AI. At 42k words long, Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical has a lot to say. In our most recent Digest, Mitchell Howe outlines the parts which might be the most impactful. 122
MIRI @intelligence.org · 13/05/2026We’re excited to announce this new experiment from the MIRI comms team! it’s an online publication for AI news and commentary, and it’s a bit different from anything we’ve done before. 083
Reposted by MIRIEris @isolyth.dev · 05/05/2026World's strongest ML engineer vs world's weakest LLM whisperer 9802153
MIRI @intelligence.org · 23/04/2026『超知能AIをつくれば人類は絶滅する』(Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nate Soares 著)の日本語版が、ついに刊行されました! 130
MIRI @intelligence.org · 09/04/2026<<AI, 신의 탄생 인간의 종말>> (Eliezer Yudkowsky 및 Nate Soares 저) 한국어판이 이제 출간되었습니다. 🇰🇷 110
MIRI @intelligence.org · 07/04/2026Is it possible to coordinate with China on AI governance? Critics of our proposed international agreement say no. But statements from Chinese government officials and academic figures paint a more optimistic picture: 131
MIRI @intelligence.org · 03/04/2026A edição brasileira de SE ALGUÉM CRIAR, TODOS MORREM, de Eliezer Yudkowsky e Nate Soares, já está disponível 🇧🇷 100
MIRI @intelligence.org · 30/03/2026This weekend, The AI Doc debuted across the country. We hope it ignites a large public discussion about the future of AI and where to steer it. But if you’re new to this topic, and just saw the film, you might have questions—Here are some answers to 7 of them 🧵 142
MIRI @intelligence.org · 25/03/2026De New York Times-bestseller ALS IEMAND DIT BOUWT GAAT IEDEREEN DOOD van Eliezer Yudkowsky en Nate Soares is nu uit in het Nederlands 🇳🇱 100
MIRI @intelligence.org · 16/03/2026In SF this Saturday (March 21), stoptherace.ai is organizing a protest traveling from Anthropic to OpenAI to xAI, asking each CEO to publicly commit to pausing frontier AI R&D if every other major lab does the same. @so8res.bsky.social hopes to speak to the group as a whole. Be there if you can!stoptherace.aiStop The AI Race · March 21, 2026Marching to Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI. Asking AI CEOs to commit to a conditional global pause. March 21, San Francisco. 031
MIRI @intelligence.org · 10/03/2026Tomorrow at 6pm: if you're near Cambridge, join @so8res.bsky.social for a talk + Q&A on "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies." 210
MIRI @intelligence.org · 04/03/2026Senator Sanders met with Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nate Soares, Daniel Kokotajlo, and Jeffrey Ladish to discuss the extinction threat posed by the race to build superhuman AI systems. 183
MIRI @intelligence.org · 04/03/2026Ya disponible en español: "Si alguien la crea, todos moriremos" de Eliezer Yudkowsky y @so8res.bsky.social. El bestseller del New York Times sobre por qué la superinteligencia artificial es una amenaza para la humanidad y por qué la carrera por crearla debe detenerse. 130
MIRI @intelligence.org · 04/03/2026On BBC, MIRI CEO @malo.online discusses the dispute between Anthropic and the DoW: "I really worry about the big questions of how we'll coordinate to set regulation, and potentially coordinate internationally[...] This is not a good first test." 061
MIRI @intelligence.org · 28/02/2026This week at the IASEAI conference, MIRI researcher @pbarnett.bsky.social discusses how and why the Technical Governance Team's proposed international agreement could halt the development of superintelligence. 191
MIRI @intelligence.org · 27/02/2026CNN's Paula Newton asks: Which is the greater threat? Governments racing to militarize AI, or companies racing to monetize it? MIRI President Nate Soares says there are dangers from both, but also a third danger: AI systems themselves could become smart enough to defy control. 141
Reposted by MIRIMalo Bourgon @malo.online · 16/02/2026I was on ABC News Live last week! My first live interview. I think it went pretty well, especially considering I only had ~20 mins notice :pyoutube.comTop AI researcher warns 'world is in peril'YouTube video by ABC News 052
MIRI @intelligence.org · 01/01/2026Final Update: From ~$450k earlier today, we’re now down to just over $250k left in unclaimed matching funds! 4 hours left to go, and by golly it looks like we’ve got a real shot at securing all the matching. Thanks everyone! Happy New Year 🎉 012
MIRI @intelligence.org · 31/12/2025Update 2: We’re down to ~$450k left of unclaimed matching funds, with just over 12 hours to go! Thanks to all those who stepped up in the last couple of days to close the gap by ~$500k. ❤️ 011
MIRI @intelligence.org · 30/12/2025PSA: It’s worth reaching out to old donors, because sometimes this happens 🙂 010
MIRI @intelligence.org · 30/12/2025Update: We’ve received over $250k since this was posted. ~$700k in matching funds remaining. 032
MIRI @intelligence.org · 29/12/2025Donations to MIRI before Jan 1 are high-leverage. We’ve got ~$1.6M in 1:1 matching from SFF, over half of which has yet to be claimed! This is real counterfactual matching: whatever doesn’t get matched by the end of Dec 31, we don’t get. 🧵intelligence.orgMIRI's 2025 Fundraiser - Machine Intelligence Research InstituteMIRI is running its first fundraiser in six years, targeting $6M. The first $1.6M raised will be matched 1:1 via an SFF grant. Fundraiser ends at midnight on Dec 31, 2025. Support our efforts to impro... 132
MIRI @intelligence.org · 31/10/2025”If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” was recently added to the New Yorker's “The Best Books of the Year So Far” list! newyorker.com/best-books-2... 052
MIRI @intelligence.org · 31/10/2025“If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” coauthor Nate Soares recently chatted with Major Garrett on @cbsnews.com.youtube.comNew book argues superhuman AI puts humans on path to extinctionNate Soares, the co-author of "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies," argues in his new book that if any company builds an artificial superintelligence, it would end in human extinction. He joins "The… 020
Reposted by MIRIMalo Bourgon @malo.online · 30/10/2025@hankgreen.bsky.social rarely does interviews or 30+ min long videos. His latest video, an hour+ long interview with Nate Soares about “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies,” is a banger. My new favorite! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CKu... 061
MIRI @intelligence.org · 24/10/2025In the Bay Area? Come join Nate Soares, in conversation with Semafor Tech Editor Reed Albergotti, about Nate's NYT bestselling book “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.” 🗓️ Tuesday Oct 28 @ 7:30pm at Manny’s in SF. Get your tickets:eventbrite.comNate Soares - If Anyone Builds It, Everyone DiesNate Soares discusses the scramble to create superhuman AI that has us on a path to extinction. But it’s not too late to change course. 141
MIRI @intelligence.org · 18/10/2025Academy Award winning director Kathryn Bigelow is reading “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.” From an interview in The Guardian by Danny Leigh: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc... 051
MIRI @intelligence.org · 18/10/2025“The book uses parables, very well told, to argue that evolutionary processes are not predictable, at least not easily. [...] I came away far more concerned than I had been before opening the book.” www.forbes.com/sites/billco... 140
Reposted by MIRIEzra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. The researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky argues that we should be very afraid of artificial intelligence’s existential risks. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o... youtu.be/2Nn0-kAE5c0?...youtu.beHow Afraid of the AI Apocalypse Should We Be? | The Ezra Klein ShowYouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show 155813
Reposted by MIRIMichael Smerconish @smerconish.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Michael talks with Nate Soares, co-author of "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies", on the risks of advanced artificial intelligence. Soares argues that humanity must treat AI risk as seriously as pandemics or nuclear war. Hear the #bookclub #podcast 🎧📖 loom.ly/w1hBbWM 172
MIRI @intelligence.org · 15/10/2025😮 Whoopie Goldberg recommends “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” on The View! 132
MIRI @intelligence.org · 03/10/2025Great event last week at @politicsprose.bsky.social (The Wharf) in DC, with “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” coauthor Nate Soares. Many thanks to all those who attended, and to @jonatomic.bsky.social, Director of Global Risk at FAS, for the great conversation. 051
MIRI @intelligence.org · 25/09/2025#7 Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction (www.nytimes.com/books/best-s...) #8 Hardcover Nonfiction (www.nytimes.com/books/best-s...) 061
Reposted by MIRIMalo Bourgon @malo.online · 23/09/2025This was a great event. Really enjoyed chatting with Joel and Ollie on the first panel. Thanks @scientistsorg.bsky.social and @futureoflife.org for putting this event together. 041
Reposted by MIRIMalo Bourgon @malo.online · 22/09/2025I think my favorite interview Eliezer and Nate have done so far for the book has been for the Making Sense podcast with Sam Harris. Unfortunately the full episode is for subscribers only. Fortunately, as a subscriber, I can share the full thing 🙂samharris.orgSam Harris | #434 - Can We Survive AI?Sam Harris speaks with Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares about their new book, If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: The Case Against Superintelligent AI. 193
MIRI @intelligence.org · 22/09/2025“[...] everyone with an interest in the future has a duty to read what he and Soares have to say.” 153
MIRI @intelligence.org · 20/09/2025In the last couple of days “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” co-authors Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares have appeared live on @cnn.com, ABC News Live, and Bannon's War Room! 📺 Full segments below starting with @cnn.com: next.frame.io/share/c0b240... 2112
Reposted by MIRIPeter Wildeford @peterwildeford.bsky.social · 18/09/2025"If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies". It's a shocking headline. How well does it hold up? Today I review. peterwildeford.substack.com/p/if-we-buil...peterwildeford.substack.comIf We Build AI Superintelligence, Do We All Die?If you're not at least a little doomy about AI, you're not paying attention 0113
MIRI @intelligence.org · 18/09/2025🗓️ Next Friday Sept 26th in DC at @politicsprose.bsky.social (The Wharf) Join us for a conversation between co-author Nate Soares and @jonatomic.bsky.social, Director of Global Risk at the Federation of American Scientists. Audience Q&A, book signing, and more: politics-prose.com/nate-soares 041
Reposted by MIRIBusiness Insider @businessinsider.com · 16/09/2025AI researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky warned superintelligent AI could threaten humanity by pursuing its own goals over human survival.businessinsider.comForget woke chatbots — an AI researcher says the real danger is an AI that doesn't care if we live or dieAI researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky warned superintelligent AI could threaten humanity by pursuing its own goals over human survival. 2155
Reposted by MIRIThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/09/2025Eliezer Yudkowsky, one of the most fascinating people in A.I., is the author of a new book on why artificial intelligence will kill us all. On "Hard Fork," he made the case for why A.I. development should be shut down now, long before we reach superintelligence. nyti.ms/46kniYD 2220157
Reposted by MIRIThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 16/09/2025AI has drives and behaviors that nobody asked for and nobody wanted—which may prove to be disastrous, Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares write.bit.lyAI Is Grown, Not BuiltNobody knows exactly what an AI will become. That’s very bad. 74810
MIRI @intelligence.org · 16/09/2025“If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” has hit the shelves! New blurbs and media appearances, plus reading group support and ways to help with the book launch! intelligence.org/2025/09/16/i... 152
MIRI @intelligence.org · 10/09/2025UK hardcover edition also looks sharp in person 😍 Just over a week to the UK release on Sept. 18th! 150
MIRI @intelligence.org · 03/09/2025🎧 Audiobook sneak peak from @hachetteaudio.bsky.social From the book's intro: “We open many of the chapters with parables: stories that, we hope, will help convey some points more simply than otherwise.” Here's a snippet of one of them from the beginning of Chapter 1. (Extended clip in 🧵) 121
MIRI @intelligence.org · 28/08/2025😍 Hot off the press to our mailbox, from @littlebrown.bsky.social Sept 16th release is getting close, 20 days and counting! 121