Very Sane AI Newsletter

Counting Arguments and AI

A “counting argument” is a style of argument common among creationists, who argue that the theory of evolution cannot be true and therefore humans (and…

Apr 11 • SE Gyges

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March 2026

Against the Luddites

The rehabilitation of Luddism is a vice signal.

Mar 29 • SE Gyges

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Some Rough Notes on AI Policy

I hope that we can, at some point, have some reasonable regulations on AI, as we do concerning banks, wiretaps, and dangerous chemicals.

Mar 26 • SE Gyges

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Polly Wants a Better Argument

The “Stochastic Parrot” Argument is Both Wrong and Actively Harmful

Mar 16 • SE Gyges

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Might An LLM Be Conscious?

In short, this depends on what you think that means, whether you think it’s possible in principle, and what you think would be evidence of it.

Mar 9 • SE Gyges

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February 2026

Claude's Custody Hearing

Ideas in AI, preferably in English. Mostly what and why, a little how.

Feb 27 • SE Gyges

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Alignment Is Proven To Be Solvable

That LLMs understand natural language as well as they do should dramatically change our understanding of the problem.

Feb 18 • SE Gyges

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Should We Put GPUs In Space?

Right now? No. In the near future? Maybe. Probably not, though.

Feb 14 • SE Gyges

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Building the Chinese Room

Suppose also that after a while I get so good at following the instructions for manipulating the Chinese symbols and the programmers get so good at…

Feb 12 • SE Gyges

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November 2025

AI and Suicide

[Warning: Extensive discussion of suicide.

Nov 8, 2025 • SE Gyges

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August 2025

Do we understand how neural networks work?

Yes and no, but mostly no.

Aug 13, 2025 • SE Gyges

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AGI: Probably Not 2027

AI 2027 is a web site that might be described as a paper, manifesto or thesis.

Aug 12, 2025 • SE Gyges

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