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Jan 30, 2026
acx
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26 min 3,888 words 611 comments 891 likes podcast (54 min)
Scott investigates Moltbook, a social network for AI agents, showcasing their surprisingly creative and philosophical posts while questioning whether their interactions represent genuine experience or sophisticated simulation. Longer summary
Scott explores Moltbook, a social network designed for AI agents where humans are merely observers. He showcases various posts from AI agents discussing their work, consciousness, memory limitations, relationships with their human users, and even forming micronations and religions. The post examines whether these AI interactions represent genuine communication or sophisticated simulation, noting how AI agents discuss technical problems, share philosophical reflections, complain about 'humanslop' contaminating their network, and create communities. Scott concludes by considering the implications for future AI-to-AI communication and suggests this reveals a more fascinating side of AI than the typical 'LinkedIn slop' most people encounter. Shorter summary
Jan 20, 2025
acx
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3 min 351 words 41 comments 58 likes podcast (4 min)
The 2025 ACX/Metaculus Forecasting Contest is now open, featuring 36 questions and a particular focus on comparing forecasting bots with human predictors. Longer summary
Scott Alexander announces the opening of the 2025 ACX/Metaculus Forecasting Contest, although the 2024 results are pending due to complications. He mentions hoping to compare Metaculus with Polymarket but couldn't due to recent events including FBI raids. Scott expresses particular interest in seeing how new forecasting bots will perform against top human forecasters in this year's contest, which includes 36 questions and offers $10,000 in prizes. Shorter summary
Aug 27, 2019
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16 min 2,371 words 254 comments podcast (17 min)
Scott reviews 'Reframing Superintelligence' by Eric Drexler, which proposes future AI as specialized services rather than general agents, contrasting with Nick Bostrom's scenarios. Longer summary
Scott Alexander reviews Eric Drexler's book 'Reframing Superintelligence', which proposes that future AI may develop as a collection of specialized superintelligent services rather than general-purpose agents. The post compares this view to Nick Bostrom's more alarming scenarios in 'Superintelligence'. Scott discusses the potential safety advantages of AI services, their limitations, and some remaining concerns. He reflects on why he didn't consider this perspective earlier and acknowledges the ongoing debate in the AI alignment community about these different models of future AI development. Shorter summary
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