I started a blog about scientific research and science funding. You can subscribe on the site to receive future posts as emails. Here’s the first one. Society is not focused on some of the most important technical problems: blog.jacobtrefethen.com/10-technologie…

Really enjoyed this conversation with Fin Moorhouse about my report on scheming AIs (arxiv.org/pdf/2311.08379…). The podcast is a great overview of my current takes and ongoing questions.

New essay in my Otherness series, on a philosophical vibe that I (following others) call "green." I think green contrasts in interesting ways with what I've called “deep atheism," and that it has elements that deep atheist reconstructions of it might miss. joecarlsmith.com/2024/03/21/on-…

I've also posted the video and transcript of a recent ~45 minute talk I gave on scheming AIs — another intro to my work on the topic. joecarlsmith.com/2024/03/22/vid…

I wrote an essay about “attunement” — a kind of meaning-laden receptivity to the world. I think attunement is a core aspect of what my last essay called “green,” and an important part of ethical epistemology more generally. joecarlsmith.com/2024/03/25/on-…

"Chimpanzees should be careful about inventing humans." A very short argument for AI risk, by Joe Carlsmith