“I Built Ian Hogarth’s ISLAND For God-Like AGI”
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10:08 AM · Jun 24, 2026 · 3.9K Views
David Dalrymple shares diagram of Ian Hogarth's 'Island' proposal to isolate frontier AGI research in a single secure facility
Systems must prove safety before release to private companies.
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Users strongly criticized the island facility concept for secure God-like AGI research as the worst idea ever because of its convoluted plan to use a view-maximizer against a utility maximizer.
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Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_
@davidad The air-gapped hogwarts research monastery island! Sure takes me back.
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“I Built Ian Hogarth’s ISLAND For God-Like AGI”
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Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_
@davidad Of course once the entire island is subverted the AI simply continues to send out messages saying all is well and safely advances itself.
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_
@davidad The air-gapped hogwarts research monastery island! Sure takes me back.
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Name can't be blank (In London)@Algon_33
@davidad " ... so you see, we are using a view-maximizer to stop a utility maximizer from enlightening SF." "THAT IS THE WORST IDEA EVER AND DOES NOT LEAD TO RISING PROPERTY VALUES IN SF."
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POM@peterom
@davidad I can't tell if we should take such crazy ideas more seriously than we do or if attempting to seriously communicate ideas like this should get you excommunicated from public life
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Alex Kozak@alexkozak
@davidad first a shoutout to the video's sponsor, nordvpn
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DanTheTechMan@dantechenth
@davidad I Built A Nuclear-Powered Data Center And Nobody Filed A Lawsuit
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