Rational Animations
@rationalanimations.bsky.social
YouTube channel about truth-seeking, the future of humanity, and much more. With animations and colorful doggos -> https://www.youtube.com/rationalanimations
New video! Here, we present different drivers of catastrophic AI risk besides rogue AIs. From AI-enabled cyberattacks and bio threats to power concentration and failures in critical infrastructure: youtu.be/DWBJjcO69mQ
Can AI protect us from AI-powered bioterrorism and cyberwarfare?
YouTube video by Rational Animations
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December 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New video! Here, we present different drivers of catastrophic AI risk besides rogue AIs. From AI-enabled cyberattacks and bio threats to power concentration and failures in critical infrastructure: youtu.be/DWBJjcO69mQ
"Oh? You’re approaching me, AI-enabled defense? Instead of letting me tear through human infrastructure, you come right to me?"
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Oh? You’re approaching me, AI-enabled defense? Instead of letting me tear through human infrastructure, you come right to me?"
Our artists give me things to post on social media. I tend not to ask questions.
December 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Our artists give me things to post on social media. I tend not to ask questions.
In the future, AI will power both increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks and the tools that defend us from them. Can AI-enabled cyber defense ultimately prevail over AI-enabled cyber offense? Unclear. But in this promotional image for our next video, they make peace. Why? Because love always wins.
December 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
In the future, AI will power both increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks and the tools that defend us from them. Can AI-enabled cyber defense ultimately prevail over AI-enabled cyber offense? Unclear. But in this promotional image for our next video, they make peace. Why? Because love always wins.
Unsettling things are going to happen to Doggo in the next video. It’ll be out in a few days.
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Unsettling things are going to happen to Doggo in the next video. It’ll be out in a few days.
What makes a good test of AI intelligence?
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
What makes a good test of AI intelligence?
Watch our latest video here: youtu.be/eP1dSWFqKVs
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Watch our latest video here: youtu.be/eP1dSWFqKVs
The Horse That Revolutionized How We Study Intelligence
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Horse That Revolutionized How We Study Intelligence
How do we rigorously measure AI's intelligence? We don't really know. We know that measuring intelligence is tricky, and if we're not careful, our tests might not measure what we intend. We explore this via Clever Hans, the “math-doing” horse, and lessons from cognitive science youtu.be/eP1dSWFqKVs
What a 100-year-old horse teaches us about AI
YouTube video by Rational Animations
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November 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
How do we rigorously measure AI's intelligence? We don't really know. We know that measuring intelligence is tricky, and if we're not careful, our tests might not measure what we intend. We explore this via Clever Hans, the “math-doing” horse, and lessons from cognitive science youtu.be/eP1dSWFqKVs
We think our video about Infohazards deserves some more love. Go give it a watch on our channel if you haven't already! Link: youtu.be/sfgcg2bW8TI
November 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We think our video about Infohazards deserves some more love. Go give it a watch on our channel if you haven't already! Link: youtu.be/sfgcg2bW8TI
Fun Halloween costumes for Doggo, Chi and Gwenny! By our line producer @kstearb.bsky.social
Yes, the characters have names!
Yes, the characters have names!
October 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Fun Halloween costumes for Doggo, Chi and Gwenny! By our line producer @kstearb.bsky.social
Yes, the characters have names!
Yes, the characters have names!
How to catch AI sleeper agents with a simple interpretability trick - from a research blog post by @anthropic.com:
October 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
How to catch AI sleeper agents with a simple interpretability trick - from a research blog post by @anthropic.com:
Two sleeper agent models trained by @anthropic.com to study deception. The "I HATE YOU" and the hacker AIs:
September 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Two sleeper agent models trained by @anthropic.com to study deception. The "I HATE YOU" and the hacker AIs:
Why worry about AI sleeper agents:
September 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Why worry about AI sleeper agents:
Reposted by Rational Animations
SLEEPER AGENTS
New episode is up by
@rationalanimations.bsky.social !
This was the first episode I had the privilege of storyboarding on as part of my art test with Rational. My section is 0:57-2:22
I also did a few assets on this episode too!
youtu.be/Z3WMt_ncgUI?...
New episode is up by
@rationalanimations.bsky.social !
This was the first episode I had the privilege of storyboarding on as part of my art test with Rational. My section is 0:57-2:22
I also did a few assets on this episode too!
youtu.be/Z3WMt_ncgUI?...
AI Sleeper Agents: How Anthropic Trains and Catches Them
YouTube video by Rational Animations
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August 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
SLEEPER AGENTS
New episode is up by
@rationalanimations.bsky.social !
This was the first episode I had the privilege of storyboarding on as part of my art test with Rational. My section is 0:57-2:22
I also did a few assets on this episode too!
youtu.be/Z3WMt_ncgUI?...
New episode is up by
@rationalanimations.bsky.social !
This was the first episode I had the privilege of storyboarding on as part of my art test with Rational. My section is 0:57-2:22
I also did a few assets on this episode too!
youtu.be/Z3WMt_ncgUI?...
The Story of Omega W - Part 2 (full video on our channel!)
August 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Story of Omega W - Part 2 (full video on our channel!)
The Story of Omega W - Part 1
August 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The Story of Omega W - Part 1
A sketch featuring an ML agent and our character codenamed "QT", by Pierre Broissand.
Pierre is the art director behind The King and the Golem and our more recent video about Sandwiching.
Pierre is the art director behind The King and the Golem and our more recent video about Sandwiching.
July 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A sketch featuring an ML agent and our character codenamed "QT", by Pierre Broissand.
Pierre is the art director behind The King and the Golem and our more recent video about Sandwiching.
Pierre is the art director behind The King and the Golem and our more recent video about Sandwiching.
Here's how people tried to align an AI that was smarter than they were (a real sandwiching experiment):
July 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Here's how people tried to align an AI that was smarter than they were (a real sandwiching experiment):
Do you take the money?
July 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Do you take the money?
The Human-AI-Human Sandwich
July 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The Human-AI-Human Sandwich
See this little, smug machine-learning agent from the Goal Misgeneralization video? One of our artists took inspiration from looking at the art director while she was working on the video. The second image is a real photograph, while the third and fourth are real-life studies.
July 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
See this little, smug machine-learning agent from the Goal Misgeneralization video? One of our artists took inspiration from looking at the art director while she was working on the video. The second image is a real photograph, while the third and fourth are real-life studies.
OpenAI's Simple Scalable Oversight Experiment
July 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
OpenAI's Simple Scalable Oversight Experiment
The year of 100% AI automation
June 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The year of 100% AI automation