Oly on AI

Orders of magnitude: use semitones, not decibels

How I use a secret part of my brain for forbidden mathematics

Apr 1 • Oliver Sourbut

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February 2026

January 2026

The First Type of Transformative AI?

Ask 'what will AI transform?', not 'when?'... and what choices do we have in that?

Jan 6 • Oliver Sourbut

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December 2025

A Full Epistemic Stack

Knowledge Commons for the 21st Century

Dec 19, 2025 • Oliver Sourbut and Ben Goldhaber

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July 2025

May 2025

You Can’t Skip Exploration

Why understanding experimentation and taste is key to understanding AI

May 21, 2025 • Oliver Sourbut

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November 2023

Cooperation and Alignment in Delegation Games

You need both! (and also fairness)

Nov 15, 2023 • Oliver Sourbut

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October 2023

Exponentials and extinction

A barrel of laughs in Australia

Oct 7, 2023 • Oliver Sourbut

Universally Challenged

Sore Butt and Groin (it's 'Sourbut' and 'Groyne', actually)

Oct 6, 2023 • Oliver Sourbut

‘US vs China’ vs me

More lazy, dangerous rhetoric on the state and nature of AI competition

Oct 6, 2023 • Oliver Sourbut

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September 2023

Careless talk on US-China AI competition?

Caution on political discussion, nuance is needed, and criticism of CAIS coverage

Sep 20, 2023 • Oliver Sourbut

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Invading Australia

Endless Formerlies Most Beautiful, or What I Learned On My Holiday

Sep 8, 2023 • Oliver Sourbut

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