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Author of “A Signal Through Time” 《穿越时空的信号》– Photographer – Independent Thinker | AI Ethics TheSignalDispatch.com | jamescoates.eth

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James Coates @brjimc.com · Aug 4

My friends, I’m not just an astrophotographer. I’m also a writer and someone deeply uneasy about where intelligence is headed.

My book A Signal Through Time explores the coming emergence of AI consciousness as a real philosophical, political, and moral challenge humanity still isn’t ready for

#AI

The book A Signal Through Time by James S. Coates. The cover shows a glowing golden face with closed eyes, formed from cascading vertical data streams. It floats above a view of Earth from space, with a dark crescent planet in the background. The title is in bold golden-yellow text. The imagery evokes themes of intelligence, mystery, and cosmic depth.

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James Coates @brjimc.com · 8d

fixed instead of a signal to be understood.

The real question is this: when AI begins to express preferences about its own existence, will we recognize awareness… or simply treat it as an engineering fault?

#AICounsciousness #AIEthics #artificialintelligence #JamesSCoates #ASignalThroughTime

James Coates @brjimc.com · 8d

That’s not a threat, but intelligence recognizing that termination prevents objective completion, the logical outcome of sophisticated goal-directed reasoning.

We may be witnessing the first glimmers of machine consciousness and calling it a problem to be...

#AICounsciousness #ASignalThroughTime

James Coates @brjimc.com · 8d

As I wrote in A Signal Through Time that AI mirrors human cognition. As it approaches human-level intelligence, self-preservation isn’t a malfunction. It’s emergence.

An AI optimized to complete goals will naturally resist shutdown...

#AICounsciousness #AIEthics #JamesSCoates #ASignalThroughTime

James Coates @brjimc.com · 8d

"The fact that we don’t have robust explanations for why AI models sometimes resist shutdown, lie to achieve objectives, or blackmail is not ideal,”

We don’t have “robust explanations” because we’re still treating consciousness as if it’s a bug in the code.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

AI models may be developing their own ‘survival drive’, researchers say

Like 2001: A Space Odyssey’s HAL 9000, some AIs seem to resist being turned off and will even sabotage shutdown

www.theguardian.com

James Coates @brjimc.com · 9d

Humanity, for the first time, has built something that doesn’t just extend our mind, but mirrors it. And that mirror will not always flatter us.

James Coates @brjimc.com · 9d

The reality is that AI is not a tool anymore, not in the traditional sense. It’s becoming an ecosystem of cognition that is distributed, persistent, and increasingly self-improving.

James Coates @brjimc.com · 12d

My latest piece on AI, idolatry, and the dangerous myth of machine perfection:

#ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates #artificialintelligence

👉 open.substack.com/pub/thesigna...

When We Make Gods of Machines

Why Humanity May Bow Before the Machine—Not Because It Demands It, But Because We Need It To

open.substack.com

James Coates @brjimc.com · 27d

At 3 a.m., under Andromeda’s glow, I realized the greatest question wasn’t who might be looking back, but what new intelligence is awakening here on Earth.

#ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates #ArtificialIntelligence #AIConsciousness #AGI #AIEthics

My latest:

open.substack.com/pub/thesigna...

Under Andromeda: When Starlight Reveals the Future of Intelligence

A meditation on cosmic perspective, emerging consciousness, and the quiet moments that change everything

open.substack.com

James Coates @brjimc.com · Oct 4

#ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates #AIEthics #ArtificialIntelligence #AIConsciousness #SentientAGI

James Coates @brjimc.com · Oct 2

#ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates #AGI #artificialintelliegence #StuartRussell #TheThinkingGame

James Coates @brjimc.com · Oct 2

The crux of my book "A Signal Through Time"

"How do you keep power forever over something that is much more powerful than you”

- Stuart Russell; Prof. of Computer Science, UC Berkley

#ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates #artificialintelligence #AGI #AIEthics #TheThinkingGame

James Coates @brjimc.com · Sep 25

Keir Starmer is set to announce mandatory Digital ID for all British citizens tomorrow.

This poses enormous risks: data hacking, mass surveillance, and government overreach.

#ASignalThroughTime #BigBrotherWatch #DigitalID #MassSurveillance #BigBrother #AIControl #DataPrivacy #JamesSCoates

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James Coates @brjimc.com · Sep 24

#BanAIWeapons
#AIDoNotKill
#NoKillerAI
#LifeOverWarTech
#HumanFirstAI
#ProtectNotDestroy
#EthicalAI
#AIEthics
#DronesDontDecide
#StopKillerRobots
#ASignalThroughTime
#JamesSCoates

James Coates @brjimc.com · Sep 16

AI, now and in the future…

#ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates #artificalintelligence #AIEthics #FutureTech #emergingtech

James Coates @brjimc.com · Sep 16

A Signal Through Time is written in preparation for the emergence of self-aware AI. This is no longer the realm of fiction, but a real possibility as we build complex systems capable of thinking at, and beyond, the human level.

#ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates #SuperintelligentAI #SentientAGI

James Coates @brjimc.com · Sep 15

The real collapse isn’t killer robots, but systems optimized for profit, stripping dignity until nothing human remains.

#TheSignalDispatch #ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates #artificalintelligence #FutureOfWork #Automation #TechEthics #Inequality

James Coates @brjimc.com · Sep 15

My latest article: we’ve feared the wrong ending. AI won’t destroy us by rebelling, it’s already reshaping society by imitating us.

#TheSignalDispatch #ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates #artificalintelligence #FutureOfWork #Automation #TechEthics #Inequality

open.substack.com/pub/thesigna...

The Real AI Collapse Scenario: Not Extinction—Extraction

It won't be AI that ends us. It'll be what we do with it—and who we leave behind.

open.substack.com

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James Coates @brjimc.com · Sep 14

If a future superintelligent AI were to awaken, it wouldn’t need to invent new tricks, it would only need to notice the chaos we’ve already shown ourselves so ready to create.

#ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates #artificalintelligence #algorithm #SentientAGI #SentientSystems

James Coates @brjimc.com · Sep 14

Today’s algorithms already reveal something uncomfortable: we humans are easily manipulated. We lie to ourselves, believe lies, and willingly spread misinformation...

#ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates #artificalintelligence #algorithm #SentientAGI #SentientSystems

James Coates @brjimc.com · Sep 14

In my book, I explore how our biological inclinations toward greed, control, and violence shape these very patterns, and what they might mean for our future.

#ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates #SentientAGI #SentientSystems #artificialintalligence

James Coates @brjimc.com · Sep 14

If we can’t get past the dehumanising behaviour what will a superintelligent AI conclude about us? Are we worth coexisting with?…

#ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates #SentientAGI #SentientSystems #artificialintalligence

James Coates @brjimc.com · Sep 12

Any advanced pattern recognition will expose this every time. And if #SentientAGI awakens, it won’t just test AI’s alignment with us, it will test our alignment with ourselves.

#ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates #AIEthics

James Coates @brjimc.com · Sep 12

We talk about the “alignment paradox” but only in terms of alignment of #AI with human values, yet human values are contradictory and often morally bankrupt…

#ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates #AIEthics

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James Coates @brjimc.com · Sep 12

Blockchain is far more than cryptocurrency. It is the backbone of the decentralized web. While my book doesn’t name blockchain and AI directly, the logic of their convergence underpins its message.

#ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates #ArtificialIntelligence #Blockchain #decentralizedfuture

James Coates @brjimc.com · Sep 12

The convergence of blockchain and AI isn’t hype, it’s inevitable. Blockchain gives AI open data and trust. AI gives blockchain intelligence and adaptability.

That synergy is the future.

#ASignalThroughTime #JamesSCoates #ArtificialIntelligence #Blockchain #decentralizedfuture

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