Malo Bourgon
@malo.online
CEO at Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI, @intelligence.org)
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Malo Bourgon
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· May 21
Superintelligent AI - Our Best or Worst Idea?
YouTube video by Win-Win with Liv Boeree
www.youtube.com
Really enjoyed chatting with @anthonyaguirre.bsky.social, @livboeree.bsky.social, and the folks who came out for the Win-Win podcast's second-ever IRL event in Austin. Great audience with lots of good and tough questions.
Thanks for putting it on!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWZg...
Thanks for putting it on!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWZg...
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”If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” was recently added to the New Yorker's “The Best Books of the Year So Far” list!
newyorker.com/best-books-2...
newyorker.com/best-books-2...
October 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
”If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” was recently added to the New Yorker's “The Best Books of the Year So Far” list!
newyorker.com/best-books-2...
newyorker.com/best-books-2...
@hankgreen.bsky.social rarely does interviews or 30+ min long videos.
His latest video, an hour+ long interview with Nate Soares about “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies,” is a banger. My new favorite!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CKu...
His latest video, an hour+ long interview with Nate Soares about “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies,” is a banger. My new favorite!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CKu...
October 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
@hankgreen.bsky.social rarely does interviews or 30+ min long videos.
His latest video, an hour+ long interview with Nate Soares about “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies,” is a banger. My new favorite!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CKu...
His latest video, an hour+ long interview with Nate Soares about “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies,” is a banger. My new favorite!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CKu...
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In the Bay Area? Come join Nate Soares, in conversation with Semafor Tech Editor Reed Albergotti, about Nate's NYT bestselling book “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.”
🗓️ Tuesday Oct 28 @ 7:30pm at Manny’s in SF.
Get your tickets:
🗓️ Tuesday Oct 28 @ 7:30pm at Manny’s in SF.
Get your tickets:
Nate Soares - If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
Nate Soares discusses the scramble to create superhuman AI that has us on a path to extinction. But it’s not too late to change course.
www.eventbrite.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
In the Bay Area? Come join Nate Soares, in conversation with Semafor Tech Editor Reed Albergotti, about Nate's NYT bestselling book “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.”
🗓️ Tuesday Oct 28 @ 7:30pm at Manny’s in SF.
Get your tickets:
🗓️ Tuesday Oct 28 @ 7:30pm at Manny’s in SF.
Get your tickets:
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😮 Whoopie Goldberg recommends “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” on The View!
October 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
😮 Whoopie Goldberg recommends “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” on The View!
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Should be a fun conversation.
I'll be there, if you're in town come say hi!
I'll be there, if you're in town come say hi!
🗓️ Next Friday Sept 26th in DC at @politicsprose.bsky.social (The Wharf)
Join us for a conversation between co-author Nate Soares and @jonatomic.bsky.social, Director of Global Risk at the Federation of American Scientists.
Audience Q&A, book signing, and more:
politics-prose.com/nate-soares
Join us for a conversation between co-author Nate Soares and @jonatomic.bsky.social, Director of Global Risk at the Federation of American Scientists.
Audience Q&A, book signing, and more:
politics-prose.com/nate-soares
September 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Should be a fun conversation.
I'll be there, if you're in town come say hi!
I'll be there, if you're in town come say hi!
LFG!
#7 Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction (www.nytimes.com/books/best-s...)
#8 Hardcover Nonfiction (www.nytimes.com/books/best-s...)
#8 Hardcover Nonfiction (www.nytimes.com/books/best-s...)
September 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
LFG!
This was a great event. Really enjoyed chatting with Joel and Ollie on the first panel.
Thanks @scientistsorg.bsky.social and @futureoflife.org for putting this event together.
Thanks @scientistsorg.bsky.social and @futureoflife.org for putting this event together.
Dear diary, we had a great time on the Hill last week with our friends at @futureoflife.org
We kicked off our AGI x Global Risk day with remarks from @repbillfoster.bsky.social, @reptedlieu.bsky.social, and John Bailey — setting the stage for a day of bold dialogue on the future of AGI 🌎
We kicked off our AGI x Global Risk day with remarks from @repbillfoster.bsky.social, @reptedlieu.bsky.social, and John Bailey — setting the stage for a day of bold dialogue on the future of AGI 🌎
September 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This was a great event. Really enjoyed chatting with Joel and Ollie on the first panel.
Thanks @scientistsorg.bsky.social and @futureoflife.org for putting this event together.
Thanks @scientistsorg.bsky.social and @futureoflife.org for putting this event together.
I think my favorite interview Eliezer and Nate have done so far for the book has been for the Making Sense podcast with Sam Harris.
Unfortunately the full episode is for subscribers only.
Fortunately, as a subscriber, I can share the full thing 🙂
Unfortunately the full episode is for subscribers only.
Fortunately, as a subscriber, I can share the full thing 🙂
Sam Harris | #434 - Can We Survive AI?
Sam Harris speaks with Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares about their new book, If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: The Case Against Superintelligent AI.
samharris.org
September 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I think my favorite interview Eliezer and Nate have done so far for the book has been for the Making Sense podcast with Sam Harris.
Unfortunately the full episode is for subscribers only.
Fortunately, as a subscriber, I can share the full thing 🙂
Unfortunately the full episode is for subscribers only.
Fortunately, as a subscriber, I can share the full thing 🙂
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“[...] everyone with an interest in the future has a duty to read what he and Soares have to say.”
If Anyone Builds it, Everyone Dies review – how AI could kill us all
If Anyone Builds it, Everyone Dies review – how AI could kill us all
If machines become superintelligent we’re toast, say Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares. Should we believe them?
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
“[...] everyone with an interest in the future has a duty to read what he and Soares have to say.”
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In the last couple of days “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” co-authors Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares have appeared live on @cnn.com, ABC News Live, and Bannon's War Room!
📺 Full segments below starting with @cnn.com:
next.frame.io/share/c0b240...
📺 Full segments below starting with @cnn.com:
next.frame.io/share/c0b240...
September 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
In the last couple of days “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” co-authors Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares have appeared live on @cnn.com, ABC News Live, and Bannon's War Room!
📺 Full segments below starting with @cnn.com:
next.frame.io/share/c0b240...
📺 Full segments below starting with @cnn.com:
next.frame.io/share/c0b240...
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"If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies". It's a shocking headline. How well does it hold up? Today I review.
peterwildeford.substack.com/p/if-we-buil...
peterwildeford.substack.com/p/if-we-buil...
If We Build AI Superintelligence, Do We All Die?
If you're not at least a little doomy about AI, you're not paying attention
peterwildeford.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies". It's a shocking headline. How well does it hold up? Today I review.
peterwildeford.substack.com/p/if-we-buil...
peterwildeford.substack.com/p/if-we-buil...
Should be a fun conversation.
I'll be there, if you're in town come say hi!
I'll be there, if you're in town come say hi!
🗓️ Next Friday Sept 26th in DC at @politicsprose.bsky.social (The Wharf)
Join us for a conversation between co-author Nate Soares and @jonatomic.bsky.social, Director of Global Risk at the Federation of American Scientists.
Audience Q&A, book signing, and more:
politics-prose.com/nate-soares
Join us for a conversation between co-author Nate Soares and @jonatomic.bsky.social, Director of Global Risk at the Federation of American Scientists.
Audience Q&A, book signing, and more:
politics-prose.com/nate-soares
September 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Should be a fun conversation.
I'll be there, if you're in town come say hi!
I'll be there, if you're in town come say hi!
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“If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” has hit the shelves!
New blurbs and media appearances, plus reading group support and ways to help with the book launch!
intelligence.org/2025/09/16/i...
New blurbs and media appearances, plus reading group support and ways to help with the book launch!
intelligence.org/2025/09/16/i...
September 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” has hit the shelves!
New blurbs and media appearances, plus reading group support and ways to help with the book launch!
intelligence.org/2025/09/16/i...
New blurbs and media appearances, plus reading group support and ways to help with the book launch!
intelligence.org/2025/09/16/i...
I really quite like the stories/parables at the start of most chapters, and lots of folks who have read advance copies, from policymakers to folks in the media, have told us they really liked them too.
E.g., from someone in the media:
E.g., from someone in the media:
September 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I really quite like the stories/parables at the start of most chapters, and lots of folks who have read advance copies, from policymakers to folks in the media, have told us they really liked them too.
E.g., from someone in the media:
E.g., from someone in the media:
Really awesome to see all the great blurbs on the back cover from: Max Tegmark, @schneier.com, @jonatomic.bsky.social, Daniel Kokotajlo, Ben Bernanke, @markruffalo.bsky.social, Tim Urban, Suzanne Spaulding, Grimes, @geochurch.bsky.social, @yishan.bsky.social.
Many more on the inside, thanks all!
Many more on the inside, thanks all!
😍
Hot off the press to our mailbox, from @littlebrown.bsky.social
Sept 16th release is getting close, 20 days and counting!
Hot off the press to our mailbox, from @littlebrown.bsky.social
Sept 16th release is getting close, 20 days and counting!
August 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Really awesome to see all the great blurbs on the back cover from: Max Tegmark, @schneier.com, @jonatomic.bsky.social, Daniel Kokotajlo, Ben Bernanke, @markruffalo.bsky.social, Tim Urban, Suzanne Spaulding, Grimes, @geochurch.bsky.social, @yishan.bsky.social.
Many more on the inside, thanks all!
Many more on the inside, thanks all!
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😍
Hot off the press to our mailbox, from @littlebrown.bsky.social
Sept 16th release is getting close, 20 days and counting!
Hot off the press to our mailbox, from @littlebrown.bsky.social
Sept 16th release is getting close, 20 days and counting!
August 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
😍
Hot off the press to our mailbox, from @littlebrown.bsky.social
Sept 16th release is getting close, 20 days and counting!
Hot off the press to our mailbox, from @littlebrown.bsky.social
Sept 16th release is getting close, 20 days and counting!
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Want to read “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” before everyone else?
The Goodreads Giveaway for Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares' new book is live through Aug 31st.
50 hardcover advance reader copies available (US)!
Enter here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
#BookSky #GoodreadsGiveaway
The Goodreads Giveaway for Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares' new book is live through Aug 31st.
50 hardcover advance reader copies available (US)!
Enter here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
#BookSky #GoodreadsGiveaway
August 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Want to read “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” before everyone else?
The Goodreads Giveaway for Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares' new book is live through Aug 31st.
50 hardcover advance reader copies available (US)!
Enter here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
#BookSky #GoodreadsGiveaway
The Goodreads Giveaway for Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares' new book is live through Aug 31st.
50 hardcover advance reader copies available (US)!
Enter here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
#BookSky #GoodreadsGiveaway
Feels like it would be a fun mini coding challenge to figure out how to make this happen on purpose.
How does something like this happen by accident? Why is there any code in the app that would vertically mirror text labels? Multilingual support gone awry somehow?
How does something like this happen by accident? Why is there any code in the app that would vertically mirror text labels? Multilingual support gone awry somehow?
“Update available” notification I got in the ChatGPT Mac app
today. 🙃
today. 🙃
July 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Feels like it would be a fun mini coding challenge to figure out how to make this happen on purpose.
How does something like this happen by accident? Why is there any code in the app that would vertically mirror text labels? Multilingual support gone awry somehow?
How does something like this happen by accident? Why is there any code in the app that would vertically mirror text labels? Multilingual support gone awry somehow?
“Update available” notification I got in the ChatGPT Mac app
today. 🙃
today. 🙃
July 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
“Update available” notification I got in the ChatGPT Mac app
today. 🙃
today. 🙃
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Senior White House officials, a retired three-star general, a Nobel laureate, and others come out to say that you should probably read Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares' "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies".
June 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Senior White House officials, a retired three-star general, a Nobel laureate, and others come out to say that you should probably read Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares' "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies".
We've been getting some pretty awesome blurbs for Eliezer and Nate's forthcoming book: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
More details here: www.lesswrong.com/posts/khmpWJ...
One of my favorite reactions, from someone who works on AI policy in DC:
More details here: www.lesswrong.com/posts/khmpWJ...
One of my favorite reactions, from someone who works on AI policy in DC:
June 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We've been getting some pretty awesome blurbs for Eliezer and Nate's forthcoming book: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
More details here: www.lesswrong.com/posts/khmpWJ...
One of my favorite reactions, from someone who works on AI policy in DC:
More details here: www.lesswrong.com/posts/khmpWJ...
One of my favorite reactions, from someone who works on AI policy in DC:
Really enjoyed chatting with @anthonyaguirre.bsky.social, @livboeree.bsky.social, and the folks who came out for the Win-Win podcast's second-ever IRL event in Austin. Great audience with lots of good and tough questions.
Thanks for putting it on!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWZg...
Thanks for putting it on!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWZg...
Superintelligent AI - Our Best or Worst Idea?
YouTube video by Win-Win with Liv Boeree
www.youtube.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Really enjoyed chatting with @anthonyaguirre.bsky.social, @livboeree.bsky.social, and the folks who came out for the Win-Win podcast's second-ever IRL event in Austin. Great audience with lots of good and tough questions.
Thanks for putting it on!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWZg...
Thanks for putting it on!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWZg...
Reposted by Malo Bourgon
📢 Announcing IF ANYONE BUILDS IT, EVERYONE DIES
A new book from MIRI co-founder Eliezer Yudkowsky and president Nate Soares, published by @littlebrown.bsky.social.
🗓️ Out September 16, 2025
Visit the website to learn more and preorder the hardcover, ebook, or audiobook.
A new book from MIRI co-founder Eliezer Yudkowsky and president Nate Soares, published by @littlebrown.bsky.social.
🗓️ Out September 16, 2025
Visit the website to learn more and preorder the hardcover, ebook, or audiobook.
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
The scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction—but it's not too late to change course, as two of the field's earliest researchers explain in this clarion call for humanity.
ifanyonebuildsit.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
📢 Announcing IF ANYONE BUILDS IT, EVERYONE DIES
A new book from MIRI co-founder Eliezer Yudkowsky and president Nate Soares, published by @littlebrown.bsky.social.
🗓️ Out September 16, 2025
Visit the website to learn more and preorder the hardcover, ebook, or audiobook.
A new book from MIRI co-founder Eliezer Yudkowsky and president Nate Soares, published by @littlebrown.bsky.social.
🗓️ Out September 16, 2025
Visit the website to learn more and preorder the hardcover, ebook, or audiobook.
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New AI governance research agenda from MIRI’s TechGov Team. We lay out our view of the strategic landscape and actionable research questions that, if answered, would provide important insight on how to reduce catastrophic and extinction risks from AI. 🧵1/10
techgov.intelligence.org/research/ai-...
techgov.intelligence.org/research/ai-...
May 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
New AI governance research agenda from MIRI’s TechGov Team. We lay out our view of the strategic landscape and actionable research questions that, if answered, would provide important insight on how to reduce catastrophic and extinction risks from AI. 🧵1/10
techgov.intelligence.org/research/ai-...
techgov.intelligence.org/research/ai-...
MIRI's (@intelligence.org) Technical Governance Team submitted a comment on the AI Action Plan.
Great work by David Abecassis, @pbarnett.bsky.social, and @aaronscher.bsky.social
Check it out here: techgov.intelligence.org/research/res...
Great work by David Abecassis, @pbarnett.bsky.social, and @aaronscher.bsky.social
Check it out here: techgov.intelligence.org/research/res...
March 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
MIRI's (@intelligence.org) Technical Governance Team submitted a comment on the AI Action Plan.
Great work by David Abecassis, @pbarnett.bsky.social, and @aaronscher.bsky.social
Check it out here: techgov.intelligence.org/research/res...
Great work by David Abecassis, @pbarnett.bsky.social, and @aaronscher.bsky.social
Check it out here: techgov.intelligence.org/research/res...