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Subscribe nowDear readers,It's a pleasure to be back in your inbox. I apologize for the long hiatus in my writing. My first six weeks at OpenAI have been, for many reasons, eventful. I'm pleased to share the launch of the AI Futures blog at OpenAI, which

Subscribe nowNothing below is an official or unofficial view of OpenAI.On the Current State of Affairs When President Trump signed it earlier this month, I argued that the Executive Order on Cyber and AI, which claimed to establish a voluntary testing pro

Subscribe nowI am a part of all that I have met;Yet all experience is an arch wherethro'Gleams that untravell'd world whose margin fadesFor ever and forever when I move.Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "Ulysses"I am pleased to share exciting news: on July 6, I will

Subscribe nowIntroductionImagine that there were no Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but there remained a large pharmaceutical sector, similar in size and scope to the one the United States enjoys today. In this alternate world, imagine that drugs were

Subscribe nowThe revolution in digital machine intelligence is now thoroughly underway, but the counterpart of this revolution in the physical world has barely begun. The autonomous taxis that drive in a handful of American cities are among the few concre

Subscribe nowMy political philosophy, as with many reflective people on the right, is characterized by a fundamental and irreconcilable tension between libertarianism and conservatism.I am, in most ways that matter for policy, a libertarian. The fancier p

I write about AI, emerging technology, and the future of governance.

Subscribe nowDear readers,I have exciting news: I am writing a book! It is currently untitled and will be published next year by Penguin Press. The book will be a work of political theory just as much as it will be a book about AI. I cannot wait to tell y

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Subscribe nowSince I was young, I have enjoyed imagining what it must be like to walk around the inside of a cell from the perspective of something so small that it was like a human walking the streets of Manhattan. When I was younger, simpler, and more n