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Zhengdong Wang
Personal blog · zhengdongwang.comaiphilosophy
Zhengdong Wang's personal blog at zhengdongwang.com covers ai and philosophy. Since 2022, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “Why transformative AI is really, really hard to achieve”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-03-17, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The HN comments say nothing about this blog's writing. The one linked comment discusses 'safe AI' in a thread about OpenAI disabling Browse with Bing, and mentions the commenter's book in progress.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Zhengdong Wang’s personal website
Most-linked posts?
- Why transformative AI is really, really hard to achieve4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2023-06-27
- 2025 Letter2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-12-30
- Zhengdong Wang 2024 Report: What Does It Mean to Give an AI Model a Capability?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-12-31
What Hacker News says?
Well said. I define ‘safe AI’ as tech that enriches human life, rather than serving as tools for controlling people at scale and and negatively impacting peoples’ lives. I am between ankle deep, and knee deep in writing a new book “Safe For Humans AI” and I have been reading as much as possible on the subject. I am in learning mode. Not too far off topic: I read this article [1] today and it really hits on AI, produ…
Comment linking /2023/06/27/why-transformative-ai-is-really-really-hard-to-achieve.html
on “OpenAI temporarily disables the Browse with Bing beta feature”Submitted Zhengdong Wang 2024 Report: What Does It Mean to Give an AI Model a Capability? as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why transformative AI is really, really hard to achieve as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted 2025 Letter as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Facts I Heard This Year as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted DeepMind Researcher's Summary of 2025 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted 2024 Letter as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Worldscoolestperson Dot Com as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why transformative AI is hard to achieve as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why transformative AI is hard to achieve as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted 2022 Letter as a story · 1 points
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