AI Tracker #8: Weirdos and Misfits

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Weirdos and Misfits

Self-professed ‘Weirdo and Misfit’, James W. Phillips (formerly at the UK Prime Minister’s Office and now at the Tony Blair Institute), tweets about his new piece Mind games: why AI must be regulated in the Spectator, and covers early AGI discussions during his time in Downing Street.

Prime Minister on AI

Hugo Gye, the Political Editor of the i, covered and summarized the UK Prime Minister’s speech on AI risk and the upcoming AI Summit, including some interesting questions in the Q&A.

Control AI (a campaign that the authors of this newsletter, alongside with others, are working on) had the following to say about the Prime Minister’s speech on AI risks and the Summit yesterday.

You Got A Policy For That, Mate?

Matt Clifford tweets about the AI safety policies published by some AI companies, released today.

Akash Wasil gave his take on the announcements, and also laid out a long-form critique of “responsible scaling policies” in another tweet.

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