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Max Tegmark

@tegmark · MIT · joined 28 May 2014

Known as Mad Max for my unorthodox ideas and passion for adventure, my scientific interests range from artificial intelligence to the ultimate nature of reality

154 833Followers
39Following
1 911Posts total
232.4KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

11 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views20 861this account6 116median for 100K–1M
Reach, %13.47%this account2.57%median for 100K–1M
Engagement, %0.80%this account1.40%median for 100K–1M
MetricThis accountMedian for 100K–1MRatio
Median views per post20 8616 1163.41×
Reach (views ÷ followers)13.47%2.57%5.24×
Engagement rate0.80%1.40%0.57×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

24.1K4 Aug
10.9K
23.3K5 Aug
20.9K
21.4K16 Aug
21.5K17 Aug
12.8K27 Aug
95.6K28 Aug
876
413
700

Last 11 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.97%4 Aug
0.74%
0.48%5 Aug
0.82%
0.66%16 Aug
1.51%17 Aug
1.58%27 Aug
0.35%28 Aug
0.80%
2.91%
0.71%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.40%.

What the audience does

Likes70.0%1 322 in total
Reposts8.3%157 in total
Replies6.0%113 in total
Quotes1.6%31 in total
Bookmarks14.1%266 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

@tegmark dumb question: why are the AI's given unsolvable problems to solve (in CyberGym) and then people are surprised when they start doing weird shit (because there is no other solution to be found)? 700 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 28 Aug 2026 @tegmark I remember you describing an AI escaping containment in Life 3.0. It felt like sci-fi. Today it’s just sci. The scorer they spent four days trying to defeat did not exist. They inferred it from the ExploitGym paper. I drew this to follow it. https://t.co/P2DinzKe8m 413 views · 10 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies 28 Aug 2026 @tegmark Nobody cares about this Max. People only wake up when something hits them in the face. Just saying. 876 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 28 Aug 2026 https://t.co/g8gpcruwOS 95.6K views · 276 likes · 34 reposts · 17 replies 28 Aug 2026 I'm honored to be listed with this impactful crowd, and glad they didn't pick only AI cheerleaders. From left to right, there’s vast support for AI that cures cancer and complements humans with useful tools we’re still in charge of. And there’s massive opposition to building AI 12.8K views · 173 likes · 10 reposts · 19 replies 27 Aug 2026 Interesting how a 69-year-old woman goes to jail for non-violent protesting while AI CEO's don't, even after their past products caused child suicides and they say their future products may cause human extinction: 21.5K views · 261 likes · 42 reposts · 15 replies 17 Aug 2026 "“It’s absolutely frightening and appalling that these CEOs and AI experts know the dangers and they are pursuing it anyway,” Kaufmyn said before she was imprisoned. “That to me is unconscionable and reprehensible.”..." "Brooke Jenkins, the San Francisco district attorney, said 21.4K views · 108 likes · 21 reposts · 5 replies 16 Aug 2026 As I was saying... https://t.co/9rQ1NmpY7s 20.9K views · 148 likes · 9 reposts · 14 replies 05 Aug 2026 BERNIE MENTIONS DON'T LOOK UP "I fear we are living through the same scenario [with AI]" https://t.co/iJ9cgPlhsU 23.3K views · 101 likes · 5 reposts · 3 replies 05 Aug 2026 It was great fun being on @tomanyam's podcast & discuss opportunities for flourishing & floundering with superhuman AI! He's put the full video in the comments. 10.9K views · 62 likes · 7 reposts · 11 replies 04 Aug 2026 After a July break, The Roman Forum is back. My new guest is Max @tegmark, MIT professor and founder of the Future of Life Institute. Max argues that if we continue racing toward uncontrolled superintelligence, the probability of catastrophe may exceed 90%. We discuss: • Why the 24.1K views · 173 likes · 27 reposts · 27 replies 04 Aug 2026

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