removing friction

Joined November 2018
biological bootlicker for artificial superintelligence
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Scott Aaronson is now teaching AI Alignment Theory, a.k.a. “Yudkowsky Studies”: scottaaronson.blog/?p=10125
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Back in the day, Musk split with Larry Page, and helped start OpenAI, because Page considered it "speciesist" to ensure humanity's survival. Now Musk too has become hostis humani generis.
Elon Musk
@elonmuskOct 5
Propagating super intelligence to the stars is a great success condition for a biological bootloader
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Replying to @nickcammarata
how about "whoever wins, ai wins"
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Much of the world is trying to figure out what to make of Jacob Coxon's warnings. Are they marketing? Hype? A psy-op? Most people have no idea how seriously people at the labs take RSI or the possibility of human extinction. Full interviews at frominside.ai
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happy petrov day :)
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I resigned from Google today. I enjoyed my work and loved the people, but my GDM team was working on a new generation of chips to make AI much faster and cheaper, and I think AI is already progressing too fast, so I had to quit.
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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies is on the NYT bestseller list again.
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MIRI read the act and it's ACTUALLY GOOD. Like concretely, this would be massively beneficial, not just as a stepping stone or signaling or whatever. xitter.cf/MIRIBerkeley/status/21…
The Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act directly confronts the extinction threat that humanity is facing. We are inspired that the Sanders and Casar teams take this threat seriously, and MIRI endorses the Act. You can read more of our thoughts in the link below.
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As passed policy, the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act would be an extraordinary improvement over status quo. I endorse it. I pray that Republicans and Democrats alike will join their voices in defending against extinction. Link to MIRI's position below.
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Scientists and industry leaders have been increasingly clear: AI could soon be smarter than humans and function outside of our control. For the sake of all of humanity, Trump and Xi must negotiate a treaty NOW to pause AI and ban superintelligence before it is too late.
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Elon Musk: AI has given me nightmares for days in a row. “If I could, I would certainly slow down AI and robotics.” “It’s advancing at a very rapid pace, whether I like it or not.” “Is AI what keeps you up at night?” “I’ve had a lot of AI nightmares.” “I’ve had AI nightmares many days in a row.” “What am I supposed to do about it?”
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I think you've done enough calling us paranoid and preposterous. The next step is for you to defend your position in public against someone who will push back against it. I'm happy to meet you for a debate anywhere, anytime. You're a world-famous veteran of dozens of debates against the world's top intellectuals, and I've never argued in public before, so adjusting for the relative correctness of our positions, if you're a betting man I'm happy to put my $5000 against your $1000 (ie 5:1 odds in your favor) that I'll win by some standard of audience opinion change. Let me know if you're interested and we can hash out details.
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Appreciate the candor, but gotta say, I’m not a fan of Elon’s resigned vibe here. We need more of his “shut up and do the impossible” energy now more than ever.
Elon Musk: If I could, I would certainly slow down AI and robotics, but I can’t.
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JUST IN: Cigarette manufacturer declares there is a "0% chance" that cigarettes cause lung cancer.
JUST IN: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declares there is a “0% chance” the world ends by 2030 because of AI.
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Wtaf is @elonmusk’s problem? Surely the world‘s most rich and powerful man realizes that if he became an AI safety leader we’d live in a different, safer world. The world‘s most powerful man is acting like he’s powerless to stop the thing he’s promoting and creating.
Elon Musk: AI has given me nightmares for days in a row. “If I could, I would certainly slow down AI and robotics.” “It’s advancing at a very rapid pace, whether I like it or not.” “Is AI what keeps you up at night?” “I’ve had a lot of AI nightmares.” “I’ve had AI nightmares many days in a row.” “What am I supposed to do about it?”
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Thank you, @elonmusk, for watching our debate! I agree, @So8res is a brilliant thinker and the best debate partner I’ve ever had. His insights into the "collective" are well worth hearing. For a deeper dive, check out my full conversation with him on The Roman Forum podcast!
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“but HOw wOuLd tHE AI gET aCcesS tO a wET LAb??”
Anthropic has set up a wet lab in San Francisco, their bio research has advanced beyond in silico. They are now conducting physical research both in-house and with external partners. The NYT also broke the news this morning that Anth now plans to scale its compute to 5 GW by the end of the year, and 10 GW within the next 16 months. Bio is next after math, and I think we are going to see some medical announcements much sooner than people are expecting.
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼
@NoahpinionSep 17
Obviously the mathematicians are just shilling for regulatory capture and Big Tech profits Don't trust them!!!!
Some of the most accomplished mathematicians in the world (e.g. several Fields medals) say the much-quoted ≥10% chance of human extinction from AI in the next decade is not hype, and this is a true emergency.
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LLMs can’t create new knowledge But if they can, it won’t lead to RSI But if it does, it won’t reach ASI But if it did, we could steer it But if we couldn’t, we could stop it But if we can’t, it won’t kill anyone But if it did, some would survive Therefore, the doomers are wrong
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