# Samuel Shadrach newsletter (issued 2026-05-12)

Hi everyone

**If you are new to this newsletter, I strongly recommend starting from the following posts:**
 - [Discussion forums for AI extinction risk](../my_research/discussion_forums_for_ai_extinction_risk.md)
 - [Reading list on persuasion for anti-ASI movement](../my_research/reading_list_on_persuasion_for_anti_asi_movement.md)
 - [How to support the movement against risks from superintelligence](../my_research/support_the_movement.md)
 - You can also browse through my website and figure out what appeals most to you

**Concrete work I did over the last two months:**
 - I spent a month in Russia for work-related reasons
 - [I built a realtime voice translation app](../my_research/I_built_a_realtime_voice_translation_app.md) - This is a demo built using codex. I am unlikely to maintain this or convert it into a startup. Feel free to fork the repo and use it however you wish.
 - I am working on the following plan
   - [I am looking for a cofounder to cyberattack the US govt and US AI companies, and leak information about them](../my_research/I_am_looking_for_a_cofounder_to_cyberattack_the_us_govt_and_us_ai_companies.md)
   - This document is still very much incomplete and messy, and may undergo significant updates in future. Please don't assume what is in the post above are my final opinions on any of these topics.
   - I am open to some preliminary feedback. However I might only properly respond to your feedback after some weeks or months. My Signal username: samueldashadrach.02
   - [I will pay you $1000 after a year, if you help me find a cofounder](../my_research/I_can_pay_you_if_you_find_me_a_cofounder.md)

**Some additional posts in the last two months:**
 - important
   - Maybe [moderate a forum on ASI risk outside US geopolitical sphere](../my_research/moderate_forum_on_asi_risk_outside_us_geopolitical_sphere.md) - Twitter and lesswrong are both hosted in the US, and are therefore not maximally resistant to pressure from the US govt or the US AI companies.
   - [Downsides of doing ASI alignment/safety/control research](../my_research/downsides_of_doing_asi_alignment_safety_control_research.md) - My previous posts on this topic are lower quality and hence I wrote yet another post
 - maybe less important
   - [I respect Daniel Morena-Gama](../my_research/I_respect_daniel_morena_gama.md) - Daniel threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's house. I don't think this is an effective strategy but I respect him for the courage.
   - [My views on Buddhism](../my_research/my_views_on_buddhism.md) - I think Buddhist territories are vulnerable to both external and internal enemies
   - [My views on Peter Thiel](../my_research/my_views_on_peter_thiel.md) - I am surprised how much I seem to agree with Thiel, atleast on the surface, and I might read more about him later.