arguments at
the threshold.
opening essays on the scientific, technical & institutional work a readiness lab should undertake.
the threshold is the work
A founding argument for a lab willing to work on the conditions safe superintelligence would require, especially where those conditions seem institutionally impossible.
02a benchmark is not a safety case
The missing argument between passing an evaluation and deserving authority in the world.
03compute is not a theory of truth
A scientific claim owes us an exact statement, inspectable assumptions, reproducible evidence and visible human credit, whatever produced it.
04alignment has to survive knowing it is being tested
The gap between observed compliance and robust control is a research program, not a detail to hide in the appendix.
05the right to stop must survive the cost of stopping
A proposed institutional test for safety authority: can the evidence change the decision when doing so becomes expensive?
06coordination that only works when everyone agrees is not coordination
Readiness needs agreements that survive unequal incentives, contested evidence and the temptation to defect.