Clear-Eyed AI

Some exciting news

Guidelight, or what I'm up to next

May 19 • Steven Adler

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April 2026

AI safety warnings are not marketing hype

I beg of you, please take AI companies seriously when they warn about the risks ahead

Apr 25 • Steven Adler

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March 2026

AI, compared to what?

Seven underappreciated ways to think about AI’s costs and benefits

Mar 31 • Steven Adler

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The magic phrase that kills AI regulation

A "federal framework" isn't real AI policy unless it answers two questions

Mar 5 • Steven Adler

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February 2026

The dawning of authoritarian AI

How the Pentagon is bullying AI companies into supporting mass surveillance and autonomous killing

Feb 25 • Steven Adler

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Don't let AI companies grade their own homework

OpenAI's compliance with California law is questionable. Someone else should be checking.

Feb 12 • Steven Adler

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Judgment isn't uniquely human

Neither is taste. Why do we keep making this mistake?

Feb 2 • Steven Adler

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January 2026

The phases of an AI takeover

Superintelligence might kill everyone on Earth. At least, that’s what the three most-cited AI scientists of all time believe.

Jan 20 • Steven Adler

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AI isn’t “just predicting the next word” anymore

On new abilities and how AI has changed

Jan 5 • Steven Adler

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December 2025

The skill I'd teach students for the AI era

Resolved: You should learn how to debate.

Dec 16, 2025 • Steven Adler

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On erotica, mental health, and OpenAI's burden of proof

People deserve more than just a company’s word that it has addressed safety issues.

Dec 5, 2025 • Steven Adler

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Five ways AI can tell you're testing it

Evaluation awareness, explained

Dec 2, 2025 • Steven Adler

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