Archive - Holly Elmore

Don't fall for rhetorical answers

"Just let humanity die" may relieve your terror, but it's not a real answer. Just because an answer gives you a conversational out doesn't mean it…

20 hrs ago •

May 2025

The myth of AI “warning shots” as cavalry

Regulation cannot be written in blood alone.

May 28 •

April 2025

Genes did misalignment first: comparing gradient hacking and meiotic drive

My PhD is in evolutionary biology, and I spent much of my time learning and thinking about genetic governance mechanisms like meiosis.

Apr 18 •

November 2024

Overresponsibility: sometimes it isn't your problem

Feeling responsible for what you can’t control is pointless labor that no one asked for, like drinking poison and hoping your ebbing strength will…

Nov 7, 2024 •

October 2024

Pausing AI is the only safe approach to digital sentience

We could be creating these models to suffer.

Oct 30, 2024 •

July 2024

The ethical chuckleslut

Ethical chucklesluts honor what kindles their light and they share it is often as they like. Resist chuckleslut-shaming!

Jul 4, 2024 •

June 2024

El-More hyperacuity

We notice that journalists aren't experts when we are experts in that field. But the narcissism of small differences can also make us overestimate of…

Jun 5, 2024 •

May 2024

Me on For Humanity podcast

Topic: Why wasn't AI Safety Advocacy a thing until last year?

May 2, 2024 •

March 2024

Me on the Consistently Candid podcast

Sarah Hastings-Woodhouse and I got into the psychology and sociology of AI Safety in particular during this one

Mar 28, 2024 •

Me on FLI podcast

Holly Elmore is a reader-supported publication.

Mar 28, 2024 •

January 2024

Watch or listen to me talk about PauseAI with Michael Trazzi

I had a lot of fun with this interview and felt that I expressed my current thinking well. Michael was a great interviewer.

Jan 23, 2024 •

That’s right, I don’t have orgasms. It’s not for lack of trying, and it's okay.

Jan 17, 2024 •

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