Epistemics and Coordination: It’s complicated! — LessWrong
Money is pouring in, people are looking for new areas to fund, and the invisible hand is starting to grab a bit at AI for epistemics and coordination…
x Epistemics and Coordination: It’s complicated! — LessWrong AI Frontpage 37 Epistemics and Coordination: It’s complicated! by Raymond Douglas 21st Jul 2026 9 min read 13 37 Money is pouring in, people are looking for new areas to fund, and the invisible hand is starting to grab a bit at AI for epistemics and coordination (AIFEC hereafter). It also got invoked in AI2040 as a potential part of the winning strategy. My feelings here are mixed — I think the best version of AIFEC is great, but also the existing public writeups are only a few cycles deep on tracing out the different ways that the o
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