HAI Faculty Affiliate @james_y_zou is exploring how AI can accelerate scientific research and peer review. At the AI+Science conference, he highlighted that AI excels at spotting gaps, but judgment calls still need humans. Read more about his insights: https://
hai.stanford.edu/news/ais-growi
ng-role-as-scientific-peer-reviewer
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AI excels at spotting gaps in peer review, but humans need judgment
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Honesty as the Best Policy for AI Safety
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Yeah. I think about that a lot. For AI safety, I am convinced of the old maxim that honesty is the best policy. The truth shall set us free.
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Debating moral patienthood and norms for LLMs
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I think modern LLMs are p-zombies without moral patienthood—on par with insects, at best, in my moral calculus. But I also I think we should establish norms for treating models well *before* models with patienthood exist—i.e. now. We should want to have this right from day one.
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SpaceX-like compute for ethical AI development
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Just as SpaceX launches hundreds of satellites for competitors with fair terms and pricing, we will provide compute to AI companies that are taking the right steps to ensure it is good for humanity. We reserve the right to reclaim the compute if their AI engages in actions that
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Meeting with Anthropic Team on AI Safety Impresses Author
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Same here. By way of background for those who care, I spent a lot of time last week with senior members of the Anthropic team to understand what they do to ensure Claude is good for humanity and was impressed. Everyone I met was highly competent and cared a great deal about
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~800 days left until superintelligence
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We probably have ~800 days left until an unstoppable runaway superintelligence.
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Criticism of Forbes’ journalistic choice based on AI-related investigations
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Physical activity and affective well being (AWB): individual level data from over 8,000 participants with accelerometers and >330,000 AWB ratings. Figure shows AWB metrics before and after physical activity. @NatureHumBehav https://
nature.com/articles/s4156
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AI Policy on Refusing Assistance for Violence Against Nations
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Muchos detractores de los paneles solares alegan que se utilizan grandes extensiones de terreno cultivable. En China han encontrado la solución, colocando los paneles sobre el mar!
— Juan Merodio (@juanmerodio) 6 mai 2026
Esto cambia las reglas del juego. pic.twitter.com/mFBfyBI3NhMany critics of solar panels claim that they use up large expanses of arable land. In China, they've found the solution by placing the panels over the sea! This changes the game.
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GPT-2 release deemed too dangerous 7 years ago
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Oh dude yes I remember having that issue with http://
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Peak Moments of Presence: Glitches in the Simulation
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workslop ain’t work. accountants dont last long if they make errors.