Anders Sandberg
@arenamontanus.bsky.social
Academic jack-of-all-trades.
I suffer from digital scar tissue.
Over a long digital life we acquire identities in multiple identity ecosystems. Over time many become obsolete, rendering references erroneous and blocking access even for new links.
aleph.se/andart2/comp...
Over a long digital life we acquire identities in multiple identity ecosystems. Over time many become obsolete, rendering references erroneous and blocking access even for new links.
aleph.se/andart2/comp...
Digital Scar Tissue – Andart II
aleph.se
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I suffer from digital scar tissue.
Over a long digital life we acquire identities in multiple identity ecosystems. Over time many become obsolete, rendering references erroneous and blocking access even for new links.
aleph.se/andart2/comp...
Over a long digital life we acquire identities in multiple identity ecosystems. Over time many become obsolete, rendering references erroneous and blocking access even for new links.
aleph.se/andart2/comp...
Another good concept to use.
There isn't a fixed amount of thinking to do, and whether outsourcing thinking is good or bad depends on the use, rather than it being outsourced. I see many similarities to the cognitive enhancement debate. andymasley.substack.com/p/the-lump-o...
There isn't a fixed amount of thinking to do, and whether outsourcing thinking is good or bad depends on the use, rather than it being outsourced. I see many similarities to the cognitive enhancement debate. andymasley.substack.com/p/the-lump-o...
The lump of cognition fallacy
The extended mind as the advance of civilization
andymasley.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Another good concept to use.
There isn't a fixed amount of thinking to do, and whether outsourcing thinking is good or bad depends on the use, rather than it being outsourced. I see many similarities to the cognitive enhancement debate. andymasley.substack.com/p/the-lump-o...
There isn't a fixed amount of thinking to do, and whether outsourcing thinking is good or bad depends on the use, rather than it being outsourced. I see many similarities to the cognitive enhancement debate. andymasley.substack.com/p/the-lump-o...
Oxford in autumn can be nice. Especially indoors.
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Oxford in autumn can be nice. Especially indoors.
I am worried that people converge to general "AI hating" instead of being against particular reasons (e.g. IP, xrisk, slop, competition, power concentration etc.) AI is not going to go away - it is too useful - so general rejection will not work other than as social posing.
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I am worried that people converge to general "AI hating" instead of being against particular reasons (e.g. IP, xrisk, slop, competition, power concentration etc.) AI is not going to go away - it is too useful - so general rejection will not work other than as social posing.
Lovely visualisation of CMEs. helioforecast.space/cme
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Lovely visualisation of CMEs. helioforecast.space/cme
When @fermatslibrary.bsky.social brought up this 1940 article about why we have nothing to worry about from nuclear chain reactions, I checked that it was real and not a modern forgery. Because it seems almost too good to be true in light of current AI safety talk.
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
When @fermatslibrary.bsky.social brought up this 1940 article about why we have nothing to worry about from nuclear chain reactions, I checked that it was real and not a modern forgery. Because it seems almost too good to be true in light of current AI safety talk.
"Think of the children!" responses commonly hurt children and young people, often by creating rigid systems motivated more by institutional self-protection than achieving the actual aim.
www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
Genius-producing math program lost to UC Berkeley fingerprinting requirements
After 27 years, Berkeley Math Circle has shut down its flagship program, BMC-Upper, due to “stringent” new campus background check requirements, according to a statement on BMC’s website.
www.dailycal.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"Think of the children!" responses commonly hurt children and young people, often by creating rigid systems motivated more by institutional self-protection than achieving the actual aim.
www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
www.dailycal.org/news/campus/...
All Saints' Day is one of those holidays that has grown on me. To me it is all about acknowledging the network of lives across the human project, past, present and future.
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
All Saints' Day is one of those holidays that has grown on me. To me it is all about acknowledging the network of lives across the human project, past, present and future.
Reposted by Anders Sandberg
One of the major fruits of research is delight. Think of how often you’ve read about a discovery and really enjoyed it. Often the most pleasurable kind of news. Public delight isn’t discussed enough as one of the major outputs of funding research.
I strongly recommend everyone do research sometimes 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯.
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
November 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
One of the major fruits of research is delight. Think of how often you’ve read about a discovery and really enjoyed it. Often the most pleasurable kind of news. Public delight isn’t discussed enough as one of the major outputs of funding research.
Reposted by Anders Sandberg
Projektet “Nya sätt att sprida forskningsresultat till samhället” testar nu policy briefs förmåga att nå ut med forskning till beslutsfattare. Kan vi förutse opinionsförändringar? Hur når experter fram i kriser? Har vi koll på våra fördomar? Läs och tyck till om formatet: www.iffs.se/ovriga-sidor...
September 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Projektet “Nya sätt att sprida forskningsresultat till samhället” testar nu policy briefs förmåga att nå ut med forskning till beslutsfattare. Kan vi förutse opinionsförändringar? Hur når experter fram i kriser? Har vi koll på våra fördomar? Läs och tyck till om formatet: www.iffs.se/ovriga-sidor...
I had a fun Halloween discussion with Adam Ford on Scary Futures - we made a tier list! (Because that is apparently what kids do these days.) youtu.be/3sToD13u_78?...
Anders Sandberg: Scary Futures Tier List - Halloween Special
YouTube video by Science, Technology & the Future
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I had a fun Halloween discussion with Adam Ford on Scary Futures - we made a tier list! (Because that is apparently what kids do these days.) youtu.be/3sToD13u_78?...
Playing around with Grokipedia and finding it a bit too wordy. While I enjoyed this long biography of myself for narcissistic reasons, honestly it gets a bit repetitive.
grokipedia.com/page/Anders_...
grokipedia.com/page/Anders_...
Anders Sandberg
Anders Sandberg (born 11 July 1972) is a Swedish researcher, futurist, and transhumanist specializing in computational neuroscience, human enhancement, and existential risks. He earned a PhD in comput...
grokipedia.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Playing around with Grokipedia and finding it a bit too wordy. While I enjoyed this long biography of myself for narcissistic reasons, honestly it gets a bit repetitive.
grokipedia.com/page/Anders_...
grokipedia.com/page/Anders_...
One pattern I have noticed is that people often have trouble thinking well about AI systems because they use a mental model of what they "should" be doing (whether being human-like, stochastic parrots, Data, etc). Models rarely fit the weird reality.
October 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
One pattern I have noticed is that people often have trouble thinking well about AI systems because they use a mental model of what they "should" be doing (whether being human-like, stochastic parrots, Data, etc). Models rarely fit the weird reality.
Reposted by Anders Sandberg
Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Novel (Bio)ethical Solutions for Novel Challenges Conference, Paris, 11-12 June, 2026.
=> Abstract submissions = 5 Nov
=> Early registration = 12 Nov
For more info: www.csb.eu.com/conference
=> Abstract submissions = 5 Nov
=> Early registration = 12 Nov
For more info: www.csb.eu.com/conference
Existential Threats and Other Disasters –International Conference
"Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Novel (Bio)ethical Solutions for Novel Challenges" at Reid Hall in Paris, France (June 11–12, 2026)
www.csb.eu.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Existential Threats and Other Disasters: Novel (Bio)ethical Solutions for Novel Challenges Conference, Paris, 11-12 June, 2026.
=> Abstract submissions = 5 Nov
=> Early registration = 12 Nov
For more info: www.csb.eu.com/conference
=> Abstract submissions = 5 Nov
=> Early registration = 12 Nov
For more info: www.csb.eu.com/conference
Reposted by Anders Sandberg
Let’s face it: soon, being read by AI will be more important for influence than print or clicks. You might have to pitch to the machines, not just readers. Welcome to #TeamAITextbook w/ @kevinkelly.bsky.social kk.org/thetechnium/...
Paying AIs to Read My Books
Some authors have it backwards. They believe that AI companies should pay them for training AIs on their books. But I predict in a very short while, authors will be paying AI companies to ensure that ...
kk.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Let’s face it: soon, being read by AI will be more important for influence than print or clicks. You might have to pitch to the machines, not just readers. Welcome to #TeamAITextbook w/ @kevinkelly.bsky.social kk.org/thetechnium/...
What about a flower smelling like injured ants? Apparently Vincetoxicum nakaianum is pollinated by flies that make a living stealing body fluids from injured ants, such as after spider attacks. Ah, the beauty and harmony of nature... www.cell.com/current-biol...
Olfactory floral mimicry of injured ants mediates the attraction of kleptoparasitic fly pollinators
Mochizuki reports a plant that lures pollinating flies by imitating the scent of ants
injured by predators. This study reveals the first known case of ant mimicry in flowers
and uncovers previously un...
www.cell.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
What about a flower smelling like injured ants? Apparently Vincetoxicum nakaianum is pollinated by flies that make a living stealing body fluids from injured ants, such as after spider attacks. Ah, the beauty and harmony of nature... www.cell.com/current-biol...
One interesting difference between terraforming pioneerlabs.substack.com/p/an-introdu... and directed panspermia is that in the former human action is necessarily present throughout, and hence ethical control in principle possible, while this is not true for panspermia and ecopoiesis.
An Introduction to Mars Terraforming 🚀
The beginning of a field
pioneerlabs.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
One interesting difference between terraforming pioneerlabs.substack.com/p/an-introdu... and directed panspermia is that in the former human action is necessarily present throughout, and hence ethical control in principle possible, while this is not true for panspermia and ecopoiesis.
"Sit back and relax while the magic happens" the grimoire said. There was a little rotating circle of colored light at the end of his wand. A progress bar slowly crept around the summoning pentagram while animated glyphs advertised the power of the being. Had the bar stopped?
October 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"Sit back and relax while the magic happens" the grimoire said. There was a little rotating circle of colored light at the end of his wand. A progress bar slowly crept around the summoning pentagram while animated glyphs advertised the power of the being. Had the bar stopped?
The original air safety instructions, as given by Ovid: suno.com/s/bflovXLsVF...
The Original Air Safety Instructions
Listen and make your own on Suno.
suno.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The original air safety instructions, as given by Ovid: suno.com/s/bflovXLsVF...
I think a conversation between @adapalmer.bsky.social and @johanknorberg.bsky.social would be really interesting. Very different perspectives on golden ages and much else, but also two very smart people who care about learning from history.
October 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I think a conversation between @adapalmer.bsky.social and @johanknorberg.bsky.social would be really interesting. Very different perspectives on golden ages and much else, but also two very smart people who care about learning from history.
Best mis-speaking of today: "Hegel's Hallelujah Chorus".
I had to make it real: suno.com/s/2JYabob6yF...
Glory to the Absolute!
I had to make it real: suno.com/s/2JYabob6yF...
Glory to the Absolute!
Hegel's Hallelujah Chorus
Listen and make your own on Suno.
suno.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Best mis-speaking of today: "Hegel's Hallelujah Chorus".
I had to make it real: suno.com/s/2JYabob6yF...
Glory to the Absolute!
I had to make it real: suno.com/s/2JYabob6yF...
Glory to the Absolute!
Reposted by Anders Sandberg
I'm here at #AIES2025, and still worry quite a lot about this.
The deep skepticism about AI systems ever being generally capable, or even human-level in specific domains, doesn't seem to have changed over the past few years.
The deep skepticism about AI systems ever being generally capable, or even human-level in specific domains, doesn't seem to have changed over the past few years.
October 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I'm here at #AIES2025, and still worry quite a lot about this.
The deep skepticism about AI systems ever being generally capable, or even human-level in specific domains, doesn't seem to have changed over the past few years.
The deep skepticism about AI systems ever being generally capable, or even human-level in specific domains, doesn't seem to have changed over the past few years.
Reposted by Anders Sandberg
"We call for a prohibition on the development of superintelligence, not lifted before there is (1) broad scientific consensus that it will be done safely and controllably, and (2) strong public buy-in."
Many prominent signatories to this. And me.
superintelligence-statement.org
Many prominent signatories to this. And me.
superintelligence-statement.org
Statement on Superintelligence
“We call for a prohibition on the development of superintelligence, not lifted before there is (1) broad scientific consensus that it will be done safely and controllably, and (2) strong public bu...
superintelligence-statement.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"We call for a prohibition on the development of superintelligence, not lifted before there is (1) broad scientific consensus that it will be done safely and controllably, and (2) strong public buy-in."
Many prominent signatories to this. And me.
superintelligence-statement.org
Many prominent signatories to this. And me.
superintelligence-statement.org
Today I lectured for four hours about AI, my book manuscript, philosophy and whatnot. I think I learned more than my students. In particular, I realized that queues are (1) awesome coordination mechanisms, (2) just the example my book needs, (3) well researched.
October 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Today I lectured for four hours about AI, my book manuscript, philosophy and whatnot. I think I learned more than my students. In particular, I realized that queues are (1) awesome coordination mechanisms, (2) just the example my book needs, (3) well researched.