Import AI· Jack Clark·· 2026-06-15
Import AI 461: "Alignment is not on track"; FrontierCode; and synthetic research interns
Import AI 461: "Alignment is not on track"; FrontierCode; and synthetic research interns
AI summary
The UK AISI alignment team and Timaeus co-founded nonprofit Sequent, arguing alignment research is unprepared for superintelligence. It plans 40–80 full-time staff within two to three years and initial fundraising of $100–150 million.
Selection record
Threshold 76Media and individualsFirst 34Second 22
Not admittedSum of both 56 < twice the threshold 152
- Source tier
- Media and individuals; this tier's threshold is 76
- Pre-filter
- passed：AI研究通讯，含对齐、基准、模型等实质AI内容
A model scores each item twice, independently, against one written standard, out of 100. An item is admitted only when the two scores add up to twice the threshold. The threshold is set per source tier.
Source: Import AI · importai.substack.com