Archive - Miles’s Substack

Standards, Incentives, and Evidence: The Frontier AI Governance Triad

One way of thinking about the ingredients we need to make frontier AI systems safe and secure.

Jun 19 •

Iran and the opportunities and limits of an “IAEA for AI”

The situation in Iran shows why an IAEA for AI would not be sufficient to prevent AI-related international crises.

Jun 18 •

AI is a Liquid, Not a Solid

The variable amount of AI that you have, and AI's propensity to spread all over the place, make it a lot like a liquid.

Jun 7 •

May 2025

Why We Need to Think Bigger in AI Policy (Literally)

More attention is needed to the overall safety and security practices of AI companies, rather than just the properties of individual AI systems.

May 18 •

April 2025

New Article with Grace Werner: America First Meets Safety First

Competition and cooperation need to be carefully balanced given the impossibility of an AGI monopoly.

Apr 23 •

March 2025

Dialogue with Dean Ball on his Private Governance Proposal

Dean and I discuss the finer points of private governance, and I do something kind of crazy with Google Docs

Mar 22 •

Why I'm Not a Security Doomer

Preventing theft of AI systems is hard. But sometimes it's worth it, and protecting model weights specifically is a good target.

Mar 11 •

February 2025

Some Very Important Things (That I Won't Be Working On This Year)

I'd love to see more people working on these 5 topics.

Feb 15 •

Emergency blog post - reflections on VP Vance's speech at the AI Action Summit

Brief thoughts from Paris Aéroport on the more surprising parts of his speech.

Feb 11 •

The Real Lesson of DeepSeek's R1

R1 is just the latest data point indicating that superhuman AI will be easier and cheaper to build than most people think, and won't be monopolized.

Feb 2 •

January 2025

DeepSeek and the Future of AI Competition with Miles Brundage

terrible takes can't stand uncorrected

Published on ChinaTalk • Jan 25

Feedback on the Second Draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice

Compliance with the most intensive requirements is (mostly) feasible for big companies, but that doesn't mean all is well.

Jan 15 •

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