Convergence Posts

19 posts tagged convergence from the Michael Darius Eastwood research blog. See also the Convergence Evidence topic hub.

• Convergence 1: Anthropic alignment-faking paper: 78% in RL-training condition (12% baseline)
• Convergence 2: Willow: first below-threshold QEC, Λ=2.14±0.02
• Convergence 3: The Sequential Edge: sequential > parallel in 95.6% of configurations
• Convergence 4: Classical time crystal via nonreciprocal forces (breaks Newton's third law)
• Convergence 5: First acoustic topological space-time crystals
• Convergence 6: First dispersive phononic time crystals (band folding, subharmonic amplification)
• Convergence 7: Hardware-level ethics enforcement patents (runtime ethics gate; sub-5μs ethical filtering)
• Convergence 8: Embedded Off-Switches for AI Compute: thousands of deadman-switch security block
• Convergence 9: FlexHEG: tamper-proof guarantee processors for AI chips (ARIA-commissioned)
• Convergence 10: US orders Fable 5 + Mythos 5 offline - first export-control action against a dep
• Convergence 11: Macron G7 Évian: 'strictly nationalist' critique + 'trusted partners' framework
• Convergence 12: EU Tech Sovereignty Package (Chips Act 2.0 + CADA): 'We want to be sure nobody h
• Convergence 13: Pope Leo XIV first encyclical 'Magnifica Humanitas': Babel vs Jerusalem civilisa
• Convergence 14: Christopher Olah (Anthropic co-founder) co-presents encyclical at Vatican Synod
• Convergence 15: Jack Clark (Anthropic co-founder): 'gas pedal but no brake pedal' - Newsnight/CN
• Convergence 16: Recursive Superintelligence: $500M at $4B (GV + Nvidia), 4-month-old company bui
• Convergence 17: OpenAI+Broadcom Jalapeño inference ASIC: 9-month tape-out, 10 GW deployment targ
• Convergence 18: Neurodivergent influenceability as contingent solution to alignment (Gödel/Turing undecidability; cognitive diversity as protective factor)
• Convergence 19: The Undecidability of AGI Alignment: Unverifiability Theorem + Soundness-Completeness-Tractability Trilemma (Trakhtenbrot's Wall)