Show Notes
The leaders in AI were invited to the White House. We left with a White House agreement that is nonzero Actual Progress rather than a step backwards.
The key to success, in many situations, is to call the whole operation something else.
When you have one side that cares mostly about vibes, and the other that cares about the substance, this suggests a deal that can be struck.
Suddenly everyone agrees on everything. Works for me.
That doesn’t mean peace in our time. The next fight is already ramping up, as we see signs that they will make another attempt at an insane, maximally bad moratorium during the lame duck session.
Table of Contents
Look Who's Coming To Dinner.
Let's Do Lunch.
I Think It's Morally Binding, Yeah.
Everyone Who is Anyone.
The White House Accord on [Artificial] Intelligence.
The FTC Investigates.
We’re Going To Need a Stronger Regulatory Regime.
[Artificial Intelligence].
Money, Dear Boy.
They Are Going To Try This Moratorium Insanity Again During the Lame Duck Session.
The Quest for Embedded Evaluators.
Hugging the Face.
Reinforcement Learning from [...] --- Outline: (00:51) Look Who's Coming To Dinner (02:37) Let's Do Lunch (04:05) I Think It's Morally Binding, Yeah (05:28) Everyone Who is Anyone (05:58) The White House Accord on [Artificial] Intelligence (11:41) The FTC Investigates (12:10) We're Going To Need a Stronger Regulatory Regime (13:30) [Artificial Intelligence] (15:20) Money, Dear Boy (18:22) They Are Going To Try This Moratorium Insanity Again During the Lame Duck Session (20:57) The Quest for Embedded Evaluators (22:17) Hugging the Face (26:12) Reinforcement Learning from Heartland Feedback (RLHF) ---
First published:
September 30th, 2026
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/YuqaJ5bENoyyg9eMY/a-morally-binding-white-house-accord-on-ai-safety
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