It’s being stated very openly and frankly now (late February, 2026) that the singularity is near, and that the economic value of most (and soon, all?) humans will be negative….

What does it mean to “care” about something? In order to care about the future, it’ll help us to open by discussing an event from the recent past. Watch the…

People often read about the worthy successor, or generally axiologically cosmic ideas, and ask: “Okay, Dan, but how do I actually DO something about this?” As it turns out, there…

Like it or not, we humans share the fate of all forms (individuals, species, substrates):  To transform or be destroyed.  I suspect we have from 15 to 40 years before…

It’s no wonder all the money is flooding into AGI.  It will be no mystery when even more of the money in the world is hurled into explicit building or…

There are people who imagine a future in the year 4000, which is nearly identical to 2025, but with robot butlers, travel to Mars, and cars that drive themselves. These…

AI alignment typically implies anthropocentric goals: “Ensuring that AGI, no matter how powerful, will serve the interests and intentions of humans, remaining always under our control.”    – or –  “Ensuring…