AI Deterrence Is Our Best Option

A response to critiques of Mutually Assured AI Malfunction (MAIM).

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Summary of “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies”

An overview of the core arguments in Yudkowsky and Soares’s new book.

Sep 16, 2025

AI Agents Are Eroding the Foundations of Cybersecurity

In this age of intelligent threats, cybersecurity professionals stand as the last line of defense. Their decisions shape how humanity contends with autonomous systems.

Precaution Shouldn't Keep Open-Source AI Behind the Frontier

Invoking speculative risks to keep our most capable models behind paywalls could create a new form of digital feudalism.

Aug 31, 2025

The Hidden AI Frontier

Many cutting-edge AI systems are confined to private labs. This hidden frontier represents America’s greatest technological advantage — and a serious, overlooked vulnerability.

Uncontained AGI Would Replace Humanity

The moment AGI is widely released — whether by design or by breach — any guardrails would be as good as gone.

Aug 18, 2025

Superintelligence Deterrence Has an Observability Problem

Mutual Assured AI Malfunction (MAIM) hinges on nations observing one another's progress toward superintelligence — but reliable observation is harder than MAIM's authors acknowledge.

Aug 14, 2025

Open Protocols Can Prevent AI Monopolies

With model performance converging, user data is the new advantage — and Big Tech is sealing it off.

In the Race for AI Supremacy, Can Countries Stay Neutral?

The global AI order is still in flux. But when the US and China figure out their path, they may leave little room for others to define their own.

Jul 23, 2025
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