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Cold Takes
JANUARY 25, 2023
In the most important century series, I argued that the 21st century could be the most important century ever for humanity, via the development of advanced AI systems that could dramatically speed up scientific and technological advancement, getting us more quickly than most people imagine to a deeply unfamiliar future.
APRIL 4, 2023
The crux of the clash was whether Google’s AI solution to one of chip design’s thornier problems was really better than humans or state-of-the-art algorithms. It was described by observers as a “trainwreck” and an “ambush”. In most cases, Circuit Training was not the winner, but it was competitive.
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Cold Takes
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
I’ve argued that AI systems could defeat all of humanity combined, if (for whatever reason) they were directed toward that goal. Here I’ll explain why I think they might - in fact - end up directed toward that goal. Click lower right to download or find on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, etc.
Cold Takes
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Previously, I wrote about helpful messages to spread ; how to help via full-time work ; and how major AI companies can help. However, I’m honestly nervous about most possible ways that governments could get involved in AI development and regulation today. What about major governments 1 - what can they be doing today to help?
Unite.AI
APRIL 11, 2024
Large Language Models and Generative AI have demonstrated unprecedented success on a wide array of Natural Language Processing tasks. Online games are considered to be a suitable test foundation to develop large language model embodied agents that interact with the visual environment in a way that a human would do.
Cold Takes
DECEMBER 15, 2022
In previous pieces, I argued that there's a real and large risk of AI systems' aiming to defeat all of humanity combined - and succeeding. I first argued that this sort of catastrophe would be likely without specific countermeasures to prevent it.
Cold Takes
DECEMBER 8, 2022
In previous pieces, I argued that there's a real and large risk of AI systems' developing dangerous goals of their own and defeating all of humanity - at least in the absence of specific efforts to prevent this from happening. I wish it had this basic form: "Apply a test to the AI system.
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