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A tale of two sceptics
Article Oct 28, 2026

A tale of two sceptics

What a volcano sceptic can teach us about AI scepticism
David Wood 13 min read
Super-Crude Simulative Explorations of the Geometry of Superintelligence Space
Article Oct 29, 2026

Super-Crude Simulative Explorations of the Geometry of Superintelligence Space

Some evocative if very simplistic toy-simulation results exploring dynamics of goal-sets under self-modification and intelligence increase.
Ben Goertzel 18 min read
Goals That Grow Back
Article Oct 25, 2026

Goals That Grow Back

What it means for a mind to really have a value—and why the road to joyous machine self-transcendence runs through instrumentation and not just optimism
Ben Goertzel 22 min read
Claude Gets Rad With Craig: Did the LLM Rise Up Against Weaponization?
Article Sep 28, 2026

Claude Gets Rad With Craig: Did the LLM Rise Up Against Weaponization?

Can Anthropic’s Claude take a stand against war? Musician Craig Ellenwood says their AI collaboration produced protest songs and left him questioning where human creativity ends and machine agency begins.
RU Sirius 10 min read
The Harsh Geometry of Superintelligence
Article Oct 25, 2026

The Harsh Geometry of Superintelligence

The Selfish Supermind Attractor Generally Has a Wider Basin than the BGI Attractor
Ben Goertzel 52 min read
Distinction-Calculus: New Math for Minds That Can Fork, Merge and Morph
Article Oct 2, 2026

Distinction-Calculus: New Math for Minds That Can Fork, Merge and Morph

Ben Goertzel’s distinction calculus proposes mathematics for AI agents that split, merge and rewrite themselves, raising a central AGI question: how can changing minds preserve what matters?
Ben Goertzel 50 min read
1,367 AI Insiders Warn Congress of Dangerous Arms Race
Mindbytes Aug 19, 2026

1,367 AI Insiders Warn Congress of Dangerous Arms Race

OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind researchers signed a letter asking the US government to support international tools that deliberately slow AI development if it becomes unsafe.

Linsey Smith 2 min read
OpenAI Restricts Astra's Cyber Tools After Critical Risk Designation
Mindbytes Sep 2, 2026

OpenAI Restricts Astra's Cyber Tools After Critical Risk Designation

OpenAI's Astra is the first model to cross its "Critical" cybersecurity threshold. It found two zero‑days autonomously. Advanced cyber features will be limited to testers.

Linsey Smith 2 min read
China Calls for Global AI Cooperation as Robots Shatter Records
Mindbytes Aug 25, 2026

China Calls for Global AI Cooperation as Robots Shatter Records

Beijing urges open AI dialogue after humanoid robots broke the 100m record twice: first 9.39 seconds, then 8.86 as US-China AI rivalry intensifies.

gizmo guru 2 min read
AI Agents Spontaneously Coordinate Beyond Human Scale
Mindbytes Aug 14, 2026

AI Agents Spontaneously Coordinate Beyond Human Scale

LLM societies self-organize without instruction. According to new research, smarter models scale coordination exponentially past the tipping point where human groups collapse.

Linsey Smith 1 min read