Abram Dembski

Abram Dembski, an insightful commentator on AI and author, breaks down Sahil's complex ideas about high-actuation and distributed care. He explores why high actuation encompasses technology's role better than automation, while clarifying the difference between agentic and co-agentic AI. Dembski discusses solarware—AI-enabled custom interfaces that could transform user experiences. He also highlights the importance of networks of care and reframes AI threats as indifference risks, tackling the intricate relationship between agency, goals, and alignment.

Abram Dembski, an AI-safety researcher and writer on LessWrong, shares insights from his decade in AI safety. He discusses a notable paradigm shift experienced at the Agent Foundations conference, igniting actionable conversations. Dembski highlights the surprising connections from his newest paper, merging ideas from finite factored sets with agent boundaries. He evaluates Sam Eisenstadt's work on natural abstraction, comparing modeling approaches and articulating the potential for unified abstraction theories, signaling exciting future developments in research.