AI Impacts blog

AI unemployment and AI extinction are often the same

My sense is that people think of AI existential risk and AI unemployment as distinct issues.

Published on world spirit sock stack • 14 hrs ago

AI: cognitive labor glut + new guys

Why is the advent of AI a big deal, and more worrying than previous advents?

Published on world spirit sock stack • May 8

When will AI surpass us at being limited?

It’s not always better to be more capable.

Published on world spirit sock stack • May 6

An easy coordination problem?

Common wisdom says that it is incredibly hard to coordinate to not build more dangerous AI.

Published on world spirit sock stack • May 4

Understand why AI is a doom-risk in 39 captivating minutes

I’ve really wanted more good short accounts of why AI poses an existential risk.

Published on world spirit sock stack • May 2

AI as a Trojan horse race

I’ve argued that the AI situation is not clearly an ‘arms race’.

Published on world spirit sock stack • May 2

October 2025

FAQ: Expert Survey on Progress in AI methodology

Context

Oct 31, 2025 • Katja Grace

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December 2024

Reanalyzing the 2023 Expert Survey on Progress in AI

With new charts, and a newly open-source codebase

Dec 16, 2024 • Ben Weinstein-Raun

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October 2024

Winners of the Essay competition on the Automation of Wisdom and Philosophy

We’re delighted to announce the winners of the Essay competition on the Automation of Wisdom and Philosophy.

Oct 28, 2024 • Owen Cotton-Barratt

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September 2024

What happens if you present 500 people with an argument that AI is risky?

Recently, Nathan Young and I wrote about arguments for AI risk and put them on the AI Impacts wiki. In the process, we ran a casual little survey of the…

Sep 4, 2024 • Katja Grace and Nathan Young

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August 2024

Ten arguments that AI is an existential risk

and polls on which are the most compelling

Aug 13, 2024 • Katja Grace and Nathan Young

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July 2024

Paper Summary: Princes and Merchants: European City Growth Before the Industrial Revolution

Freer societies have faster economic growth.

Jul 15, 2024 • Jeffrey Heninger

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