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Don't let OpenAI grade its own homework
OpenAI's compliance with California law is questionable. Someone else should be checking.
14 hrs ago • Steven Adler
Judgment isn't uniquely human
Neither is taste. Why do we keep making this mistake?
Feb 2 • Steven Adler
The phases of an AI takeover
Superintelligence might kill everyone on Earth. At least, that’s what the three most-cited AI scientists of all time believe.
Jan 20 • Steven Adler
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AI isn’t “just predicting the next word” anymore
Jan 5 • Steven Adler
Is ChatGPT actually fixed now?
May 8, 2025 • Steven Adler
Practical tips for reducing chatbot psychosis
Oct 2, 2025 • Steven Adler
The 4.5 trillion dollar elephant in the room
Oct 16, 2025 • Steven Adler
Judgment isn't uniquely human
Feb 2 • Steven Adler
Chatbot psychosis: what do the data say?
Aug 26, 2025 • Steven Adler
AI isn’t “just predicting the next word” anymore
On new abilities and how AI has changed
Jan 5 • Steven Adler
The skill I'd teach students for the AI era
Resolved: You should learn how to debate.
Dec 16, 2025 • Steven Adler
On erotica, mental health, and OpenAI's burden of proof
People deserve more than just a company’s word that it has addressed safety issues.
Dec 5, 2025 • Steven Adler
Five ways AI can tell you're testing it
Evaluation awareness, explained
Dec 2, 2025 • Steven Adler
What I learned from the NYT's reporting on OpenAI's sycophancy crisis
New reporting on OpenAI's unused safety tools and how early the risks were known
Nov 24, 2025 • Steven Adler
Around-the-clock intelligence
Today's AI is always available. What happens once it is always acting and always learning?
Nov 13, 2025 • Steven Adler
The 4.5 trillion dollar elephant in the room
Fear of potential NVIDIA retaliation is shaping important AI policy debates, whether NVIDIA means to or not
Oct 16, 2025 • Steven Adler
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Clear-Eyed AI
Steven Adler, ex-OpenAI safety researcher, analyzes major AI news, policy, and research - and what's needed for an actually exciting AI future.
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