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It’s The Compute, Stupid
the conversation on AI Safety in China needs some common sense
Sep 16
I regret to inform you Astra has The Sauce
a breezy empirical investigation
Sep 10
Time moves differently inside an AI lab
山中方七日,世上已千年: Seven days in the mountains, a thousand years in the world.
Sep 10
Sovereign AI Safety Means Sovereign Compute: a Manifesto
This is what sovereignty should mean for safety: the organizations doing the work control the capacity to pursue it.
Sep 8
Thank you all for signing up to the first DC<>AI Bootcamp
it’s past time
Sep 3
The data center backlash won’t last
Data Center opposition will look like cellphone tower opposition in two years.
Sep 1

August 2026

Ten US-China AI Deals We Could Sign Tomorrow
Simple, effective, and available to us as of today.
Aug 31
Fearmongering the Frontier
DC takes on AI & China are losing touch with reality
Aug 18
"Helpful Assistant" - AI's Original Sin
Gwern, Poke, and the death of the "helpful assistant" paradigm.
Aug 14
China Writing & Wall Dancing
on the space available to explore China as a Westerner
Aug 7

July 2026

so now we all love open models. now what?
roll up them sleeves, we've got work to do.
Jul 27
First Steps: Pacific Compute
Open Model Safety needs a simple way forward
Jul 21
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