Archive - Rob Reid's Substack (After On)

An "Observatory" For a Shy Super AI?

A (Mostly) Playful Thought Experiment

Aug 6, 2024 •

May 2023

Something We Should Never Automate

Large language models will enable the mass production of ruinous scams that are currently too labor-intensive to produce

May 1, 2023 •

April 2023

TikTok, the Generative AI Behemoth (of sorts) - And What Comes Next

Will synthetic influencers soon start calling the shots?

Apr 20, 2023 •

March 2023

New Episode of the After On Podcast

Episode 59 - My Thoughts on Generative AI

Mar 14, 2023 •

The Hilarious Need for Adequate AI-Powered Search: A One-Query Microcosm

We're heading off to New Zealand and Australia in a few days, which triggered an online quest to find quirky but comfortable, cool yet peaceful, nice…

Mar 13, 2023 •

The Race to Recklessness (or, the biggest AI fail yet?)

Snapchat AI coaches an apparent 13-year-old on how to set the mood before sleeping with a 31-year-od

Mar 11, 2023 •

Don’t worry about AI breaking out of its box—worry about us breaking in.

The danger we should worry about today isn’t super AI. It’s bad people super-empowered by generative AI

Mar 7, 2023 •

Debuting Rob Reid's "After On" Substack Newsletter

For listeners of my podcast, readers of my novels, and followers of my writing

Mar 5, 2023 •

This is Rob Reid's Substack (After On).

Mar 5, 2023 •

June 2019

Averting the Apocalypse

Note: this piece originally ran on Ars Technica

Jun 19, 2019 •

October 2018

Could a Madman Use Synbio to Wipe Out Humanity?

New breakthroughs in gene editing will lead to incredible rewards — and risks we can barely contemplate

Oct 30, 2018 •

The Deadly Gamble on Super A.I.

With fate of humanity in the balance, even a small risk demands serious action

Oct 18, 2018 •

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