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Something We Should Never Automate
Large language models will enable the mass production of ruinous scams that are currently too labor-intensive to produce
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April 2023

TikTok, the Generative AI Behemoth (of sorts) - And What Comes Next
Will synthetic influencers soon start calling the shots?
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March 2023

New Episode of the After On Podcast
Episode 59 - My Thoughts on Generative AI
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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…
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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
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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
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Debuting Rob Reid's "After On" Substack Newsletter
For listeners of my podcast, readers of my novels, and followers of my writing
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June 2019

Averting the Apocalypse
Note: this piece originally ran on Ars Technica
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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
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The Deadly Gamble on Super A.I.
With fate of humanity in the balance, even a small risk demands serious action
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How Tech Empowers Dangerous Lone Wolves
Mass killings are getting worse as technology accelerates
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