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Jack Clark
Personal blog · importai.substack.comaiscience
Jack Clark writes Import AI, a personal blog at importai.substack.com about ai and science. Since 2023, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “Technological Optimism and Appropriate Fear”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Jack Clark's Import AI newsletter for AI developments and policy essays, such as one on GPT-2's non-release five years on and one on training on synthetic content. No commenter judges the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Import AI is a weekly newsletter about artificial intelligence based on detailed analysis of cutting-edge research.
Most-linked posts?
- Technological Optimism and Appropriate Fear4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2025-10-13
- AI systems are about to start building themselves3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-05-04
- GPT-2 five years later2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-06-03
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-11-12
What Hacker News says?
This new essay by Jack Clark, who was at OpenAI when they made the decision not to release GPT-2 for safety reasons five years ago, feels relevant: https://importai.substack.com/p/import-ai-375-gpt-2-five-yea... > [...] history shows that once we assign power to governments, they're loathe to subsequently give that power back to the people. Policy is a ratchet and things tend to accrete over time. That means whateve…
Comment linking /p/import-ai-375-gpt-2-five-years-later
on “Why YC went to DC”Submitted Technological Optimism and Appropriate Fear as a story · 8 points
HN discussionThat's true to some extent, but training on synthetic content is big these days: https://importai.substack.com/p/import-ai-369-conscious-mach...
Comment linking /p/import-ai-369-conscious-machines
on “Tell HN: We should snapshot a mostly AI output free version of the web”Submitted AI systems are about to start building themselves as a story · 4 points
HN discussionHigh level AI developments: https://importai.substack.com/ https://www.semianalysis.com/ Hardware focused. Paywalled, but long article teasers contain plenty of information. Research Focused: https://codingwithintelligence.com/ https://dblalock.substack.com/ https://twitter.com/arankomatsuzaki
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on “Ask HN: Which sources cover AI developments without falling for the hype?”Submitted I tell the IMF the Singularity has begun as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThanks for this! Link to direct newsletter subscription: https://importai.substack.com/
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on “DeepSeek v4”Submitted Technological Optimism and Appropriate Fear as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark: 60%+ chance of automated AI R&D by 2029 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI systems are about to start building themselves as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted GPT-2 five years later as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Timing Superintelligence as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted My agents are working. Are yours? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Silent Sirens, flashing for us all as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Import AI 431: Technological Optimism and Appropriate Fear as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Technological Optimism and Appropriate Fear as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Import AI 375: GPT-2 five years later as a story · 1 points
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