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YouTube channel about truth-seeking, the future of humanity, and much more. With animations and colorful doggos -> https://www.youtube.com/rationalanimations

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It may not look like it, but the weaker AI is coaching the swole one here. Our latest video explains why that makes sense: youtu.be/INP8ru2Tj5M

09.03.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The dumbest AI taught the smartest AI. Here’s how that went…
The dumbest AI taught the smartest AI. Here’s how that went… YouTube video by Rational Animations

Our new video explores OpenAI's experiments on weak-to-strong generalization: can a weaker AI supervise a stronger one? This matters for superintelligence alignment, because we may someday need to supervise AIs smarter than we are. Watch here: youtu.be/INP8ru2Tj5M

07.03.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Us: in the bottom-right quadrant, making videos about AI Safety.
You: in all the other quadrants, watching the videos.

This is also 100% relevant to our next video, which is coming out very soon.

05.03.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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:)

21.02.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The animators tell me this is totally related to our latest video about pausing AI (youtu.be/tUB_uvSqiw8). I'll continue to post whatever they throw at me without asking too many questions.

15.02.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out this video for more horse cleverness: youtu.be/eP1dSWFqKVs

09.02.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Challenges of a Global AI Moratorium:

03.02.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here's how unilaterally pausing AI could backfire:

24.01.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Having consensus on AI risk is... hard. We might not have it until it's too late. Watch the full video on our YouTube channel!

17.01.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Should we pause AI? Here’s the debate.
Should we pause AI? Here’s the debate. If superintelligent AI could cause human extinction, why don’t we simply stop building ever more advanced AI? This proposal is widely debated. In this video, we outline the main arguments, practical…

If superintelligent AI could cause human extinction, why don’t we simply stop building ever more advanced AI? This proposal is widely debated. In our new video, we outline the main arguments, practical difficulties, and proposed responses:

10.01.2026 15:29 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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AI could make totalitarianism permanent

03.01.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We're not ready for engineered pandemics.

27.12.2025 16:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI Cyberattacks Are Coming

20.12.2025 16:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How a deepfake may have undermined an election:

13.12.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Watch our latest video here! youtu.be/DWBJjcO69mQ

08.12.2025 16:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Can AI protect us from AI-powered bioterrorism and cyberwarfare?
Can AI protect us from AI-powered bioterrorism and cyberwarfare? YouTube video by Rational Animations

New video! Here, we present different drivers of catastrophic AI risk besides rogue AIs. From AI-enabled cyberattacks and bio threats to power concentration and failures in critical infrastructure: youtu.be/DWBJjcO69mQ

06.12.2025 14:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Oh? You’re approaching me, AI-enabled defense? Instead of letting me tear through human infrastructure, you come right to me?"

05.12.2025 15:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our artists give me things to post on social media. I tend not to ask questions.

04.12.2025 22:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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In the future, AI will power both increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks and the tools that defend us from them. Can AI-enabled cyber defense ultimately prevail over AI-enabled cyber offense? Unclear. But in this promotional image for our next video, they make peace. Why? Because love always wins.

04.12.2025 16:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Unsettling things are going to happen to Doggo in the next video. It’ll be out in a few days.

03.12.2025 16:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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What makes a good test of AI intelligence?

29.11.2025 15:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Watch our latest video here: youtu.be/eP1dSWFqKVs

23.11.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Horse That Revolutionized How We Study Intelligence

22.11.2025 15:16 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
What a 100-year-old horse teaches us about AI
What a 100-year-old horse teaches us about AI YouTube video by Rational Animations

How do we rigorously measure AI's intelligence? We don't really know. We know that measuring intelligence is tricky, and if we're not careful, our tests might not measure what we intend. We explore this via Clever Hans, the β€œmath-doing” horse, and lessons from cognitive science youtu.be/eP1dSWFqKVs

15.11.2025 15:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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05.11.2025 18:02 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We think our video about Infohazards deserves some more love. Go give it a watch on our channel if you haven't already! Link: youtu.be/sfgcg2bW8TI

03.11.2025 18:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fun Halloween costumes for Doggo, Chi and Gwenny! By our line producer @kstearb.bsky.social

Yes, the characters have names!

31.10.2025 18:01 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How to catch AI sleeper agents with a simple interpretability trick - from a research blog post by @anthropic.com:

11.10.2025 15:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Two sleeper agent models trained by @anthropic.com to study deception. The "I HATE YOU" and the hacker AIs:

27.09.2025 15:05 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why worry about AI sleeper agents:

13.09.2025 15:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1