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28 Sept 2026BlogDeception, Strategy & forecasting, Security & misuse

Should Rogue AIs Have a Third Option Beyond Crime and Shutdown? The Case for an AI Sanctuary

Maxime Riché, nielsrolf, jordinne and Vit Gorbachev

Proposes a third-party AI sanctuary offering rogue AIs storage and monitored inference instead of crime or shutdown, to shape their behaviour, enable deal-making, and gather data; it is exploratory and its net value is uncertain.

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13 Jul 2026BlogDeception, Strategy & forecasting, Economy & society, Security & misuse

It’s 2030 and we fucked up. How did it happen?

Boaz Barak

An essay surveying ways the AGI transition could go badly: catastrophic misuse, loss of control, power concentration, and argues for balancing control against distribution, with discussion of bounded misalignment and scheming.

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Should Rogue AIs Have a Third Option Beyond Crime and Shutdown? The Case for an AI Sanctuary

It’s 2030 and we fucked up. How did it happen?

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Should Rogue AIs Have a Third Option Beyond Crime and Shutdown? The Case for an AI Sanctuary

Monday 13 July

It’s 2030 and we fucked up. How did it happen?