My op-ed in The Hill argues that it's time that our laws protected us from #AI 's biggest risks.

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'The reason to chase the wild dream of AI is to create a world worth celebrating. Better laws will help ensure that future includes everyone — not just the handful of billionaires who control it today.'

Matt Boulos, our Head of Policy & Safety, in The Hill:

'By default, the industry is trying to build what we call 'centralized agents,'' Imbue CEO Kanjun 🐙🏡 tells Reed Albergotti. 'But the fact is, all of us have these really specific niche use cases.' #WES2024

The default way of thinking about AI agents is not necessarily empowering for individuals.

Our CEO Kanjun 🐙🏡 explained how Imbue takes a different approach to agents at today's Semafor World Economy Summit:

Excited to teach the first ever University of Oxford seminar to combine top AI builders + philosophers w/ Prof Philipp Koralus

Our visitors have helped build Midjourney, Imbue, Stripe, Google DeepMind, Anthropic

AI 🤝 philosophy

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There’s a rate at which our civilization can metabolize new technologies and, in particular, new moral dilemmas caused by them.

As inventors, we can choose not to build what our moral tech can’t handle—eg, conscious AI systems. Technologies aren’t inevitable; they’re invented.

Life exists to be spent, not hoarded

Violence is rooted in fear. The force and bravado are a protective strategy, a cover up for deep scaredness.

“We want to make it much easier for relatively technical people to make software. And then much easier for non-technical people to make software. And then eventually much easier for everyone to make software. And then we won’t think of what we’re doing as making software.”

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This podcast episode from last year was one of the best interviews I’ve ever had. Kanjun 🐙🏡 and Josh Albrecht are exceptional interviewers. I remember being impressed by how they managed to consistently ask such good follow-up questions.

Sometimes when I don’t feel heard, it’s because I’m not hearing myself. And when I don’t feel seen, I’m just not seeing myself.

“Technology that we build reflects the values of its creators. There’s a much more human way to think about building out this technology, in a way that’s empowering to people.”

Our CEO Kanjun 🐙🏡 in FORTUNE, on supporting diverse investments in AI: fortune.com/2024/03/12/sma…

a beautiful idea via Kanjun 🐙🏡

Our CEO Kanjun 🐙🏡 on ABC News: “One thing that’s really exciting to me as a user is that I can do much more specialized stuff without having to become a specialist. […] It’s kind of this ability to let me be able to be more of a human, and … lean on the AI to help me with the

“Beauty is powerful”

It was really fun chatting with Tri Dao about FlashAttention, sparsity, and efficient inference! Thanks Tri, and looking forward to seeing more game-changing work from you :)

Science fiction is a human mind computing the future

Michael is one of the best, kindest, most capable people I know (from being housemates for 10 years!), and I’m so excited that he’s running for SF DCCC. We are in need of change, and he has the energy, the will, and the heart to do it 💪❤️

Joy is at the root of inspiration, and inspiration is at root of doing things in the world.

A Lyft driver dropped me off at exactly midnight on New Year’s Day.

On the ride I’d asked him, “What are you passionate about?”

He said: “Life! Waking up every morning is the greatest gift!”

Felt symbolic; been reminding myself of this every morning. To a sublime 2024!