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China's Technological Playbook
Part 1: The Theft Economy
Jul 16
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Sophie Kim
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What’s wrong with grantmaking?
And how do we fix it?
Jul 8
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Sophie Kim
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June 2026
How to Solve AI Biosecurity
my best 11,600-word guess - Bioweapon.AI is finally finished!!
Jun 26
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Sophie Kim
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When Russia Wants a Bioweapon,
I am disturbed
Jun 4
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Sophie Kim
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Turns Out, You Can’t Just Bomb a Datacenter
Notes on kinetic MAIM & escalation constraints
Jun 3
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Sophie Kim
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May 2026
How to Actually Spend Billions on AI Safety
A concrete strategy for deploying the largest wave of philanthropic capital in history
May 12
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Sophie Kim
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April 2026
Stop Donating to AI Safety Research*
*if you want us to win
Apr 25
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Sophie Kim
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Should We Be Worried About Bioweapons?
An Analysis of Historical Case Studies - Part 1: Non-State Actors
Apr 17
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Sophie Kim
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The Anthropic IPO Is Coming. We Aren't Ready for It.
More money is coming than AI safety has ever seen. The capacity to deploy it doesn't exist yet.
Apr 12
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Sophie Kim
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Ady Mehta
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Uncensorable, Unmonitorable, Uncontrollable: U.S. Policy Options for Open-Weight Biosecurity Risk
many many weeks, 5k words, finally published on uncensorable.ai
Apr 11
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Sophie Kim
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Contra Abi Olvera on AI Biosecurity Risk
Terrorists aren’t optimizing for controllability. They are optimizing for catastrophe.
Apr 9
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Sophie Kim
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The Case For Open-Weight Models
Steelmanning the Open-Weight Argument: Reducing Epistemic/Power Concentration, Boosting Innovation
Apr 8
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Sophie Kim
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