Reposted by José GonzálezAnil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 01/05/20261/2 Why AI is unlikely to become conscious – my 2026 TED talk is now online. What do you think about the prospects for 'conscious AI'? www.ted.com/talks/anil_s... 87322
Reposted by José GonzálezPeter Singer @petersinger.info · 24/03/2026Not all ways of helping are equal. In the latest episode of “Lives Well Lived”, we speak with Will MacAskill about why effectiveness matters when we try to do good. He points out that donating to a highly effective organisation can do “hundreds or even thousands of times as much good,” and... 252
Reposted by José GonzálezControlAI @controlai.com · 24/03/2026MIT professor and AI researcher Max Tegmark: 95% of Americans don't want an unregulated race to superintelligence. He says it'd be a huge mistake to assume that just because we can build a species to replace us that we will. We should talk to lawmakers and prevent it. 032
Reposted by José GonzálezNicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Very pleased to speak (again) to Sam Harris on his Making Sense podcast this week, about what technology is doing to us, and a host of other topics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbUG...youtube.comWhat Is Technology Doing to Us?YouTube video by Sam Harris 3312
Reposted by José GonzálezPeter Singer @petersinger.info · 21/03/2026Will MacAskill and Toby Ord were the key figures in starting the Effective Altruism movement, nearly 20 years ago. Today, EA is continuing to transform philanthropy, saving lives and reducing suffering. But the movement has also encountered problems and pushback. 152
Reposted by José GonzálezFuture of Life Institute @futureoflife.org · 27/02/2026Statement from Max Tegmark, Founder and Chair of the Future of Life Institute, in the aftermath of Anthropic refusing the Department of War's ultimatum: 🧵1/7 275
José González @josegonzalezmusic.bsky.social · 24/02/2026A Perfect Storm youtu.be/Eb5EEwnxhDI?...youtu.beJosé González - A Perfect Storm (Lyric Video)YouTube video by José González 010
Reposted by José GonzálezFuture of Life Institute @futureoflife.org · 18/07/2025‼️📝 Our new AI Safety Index is out! ➡️ Following our 2024 index, 6 independent AI experts rated leading AI companies - OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google DeepMind, xAI, DeepSeek, and Zhipu AI - across critical safety and security domains. So what were the results? 🧵👇 2103
Reposted by José GonzálezFuture of Life Institute @futureoflife.org · 22/10/2025AI companies are racing to build superintelligent AI, despite its many risks. Let's take our future back. 📝 Sign the Superintelligence Statement and join the growing call to ban the development of superintelligence, until it can be made safely: superintelligence-statement.org #KeepTheFutureHuman 51111
Reposted by José GonzálezOur World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 17/02/2026The share of people who identify as religious has fallen across many Western countries— Debates over whether religion is booming or dying are common. What does the data say? 26016
Reposted by José GonzálezOur World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 03/01/2026All three statements are true at the same time— 7355121
José González @josegonzalezmusic.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Against The Dying Of The Light Watch the full video directed by Fredrik Egerstrand youtu.be/K9krPYK6JWMyoutu.beJosé González - Against the Dying of the Light (Official Music Video)YouTube video by José González 000
José González @josegonzalezmusic.bsky.social · 18/02/2026I’m excited to share that my new album, Against The Dying Of The Light, will be released on Friday, March 27th. JoseGonzalez.lnk.to/ATDOTLTw Pre-order via the link in bio. 030