My friend John from the AI X-Risk Network podcast got hired by the Center for AI Safety (CAIS) two weeks ago.

Today I suddenly learned he’s been fired.

I’m frustrated by this decision, and frustrated with the whole AI x-risk community’s weak messaging.

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111a – Failure, Pt1