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Baseline Dreams explores AI, creativity, and technology through a public-policy and human-centered lens—moving beyond a simple pro-AI or anti-AI stance.

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Alex Golden and fictional robot character Roguey beside the words “Aligned to What?” on a dark blue and violet background.

Latest Episode · Episode 3

Why AI Safety Is So Hard: AI Doesn’t Just Answer. It Acts.

AI doesn’t just answer anymore. It acts. Episode 3 explores the gap between what we ask AI to do and what we actually mean—from a safeguard that blocked a picture of Alex’s grandmother to research agents that pushed past boundaries, AI helping build its successors, and who decides when a system got it right. Roguey™ weighs in, on the advice of counsel.

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Alex in a thoughtful pose beside Roguey and a red shutdown button, with the words “PEOPLE STOPPED IT.”

Episode 2

The Kill Switch Failed

An automatic shutdown failed during an AI training run. Monitoring worked, and people stopped the run manually. Alex explores what that incident—and broader safety findings—reveals about safeguards, human oversight, and who gets to check the lock as AI systems become more capable.