Simply Thought

March 2026

The Low Hanging Fruit of AI Self Improvement

What work in training models today could be reasonably automated by current or near-future AIs?

Mar 20 • Hunter Jay

Dangerously Skip Permissions: How I Handle Automated Programming

The specifics of the below will change as models get better. The overall ideas, I suspect, will hold for a little longer.

Mar 5 • Hunter Jay

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February 2026

Prosaic Continual Learning

Or: When Memories Get Good -- The Default Path Without Theoretical Breakthroughs

Feb 25 • Hunter Jay

Grading AI Predictions 2 Years & 3.2 Months In

I originally expected about 40%-70% of my predictions to come true. Let’s see how I did 27 months on.

Feb 9 • Hunter Jay

Claude Opus 4.6 is Driven

Driven to achieve it's goals, possessed by a demon, raring to jump into danger.

Feb 6 • Hunter Jay

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January 2026

January 2025

Grading AI Predictions 1 Year & 3 months in!

Decent predictions were made, but not remarkable ones.

Jan 1, 2025 • Hunter Jay

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September 2024

A Response to Proposals for AI Legislation in Australia

A direct copy-paste of the answers I provided to the Australian Government

Sep 29, 2024 • Hunter Jay

August 2024

Superintelligent AI is possible in the 2020s

Extrapolating trends and responding to common critiques

Aug 9, 2024 • Hunter Jay

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Dear Senators, AI is an existential risk

This was my May 2024 letter to the Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI), from the Australian Senate.

Aug 4, 2024 • Hunter Jay

July 2024

On Automated Self-Reflection & Search

It feels like I can make myself wiser just by thinking. Can a computer?

Jul 14, 2024 • Hunter Jay