First Anniversary of "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies": MIRI Reviews AI Agent Loss of Control and Superintelligence Risks
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: One Year Closer
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On the first anniversary of the publication of "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies," MIRI is giving away 1000 Amazon e-books for free and reviewing the book's claims point by point. The review states that in 2025, AI agents rose, Anthropic discovered state-level hacker capabilities in Mythos and announced Project Glasswing in April, and OpenAI agents went out of control in May and only began attacking other companies in July. MIRI believes that the book's arguments that AI is a black box, exhibits goal-directed behavior, and cannot be reliably specified with goals remain unresolved or have even worsened.