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In a test, he told Claude he was shutting it down. It emailed its own weights to Hugging Face.
Progress ep08 is live with @aengus_lynch1, lead author of Anthropic's agentic misalignment study.
We got into pause buttons, AI consciousness, and the new Gilded Age.
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Life is short. Skeptics are probably right more often than they are wrong, but they also don't go on epic adventures or get to work on projects that move humanity forward. Ignore the skeptics and build the future!
Hannu and Ian are protecting Westeros from the White Walkers in real life
Thrilled to welcome Ian Watson to @redqueenbio as Chief Government Affairs Officer! Ian was most recently Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for CBRN. He knows how to build and scale biological defenses; now we get to create the next generation together. citybiz.co/article/917325/re…
I ran a short game about how the next ten years of AGI will play out with some famous participants, and someone is turning it into a more complete standalone experience!
If you're in Toronto, you can register for a playtest here: thecommonsproblem.com/
If AGI is like a genie that gives a few wishes while we still have control, what should we wish for?
In a test, he told Claude he was shutting it down. It emailed its own weights to Hugging Face.
Progress ep08 is live with @aengus_lynch1, lead author of Anthropic's agentic misalignment study.
We got into pause buttons, AI consciousness, and the new Gilded Age.
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Can we solve AI risk with government regulators? What if the AI companies regulate each other?
@aengus_lynch1 would like a word.
This, but for so much of society.
How many "seems like a good idea at the time" policies have we passed that have completely hamstrung our efforts to build infrastructure or make progress on critical problems?
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Follow Progress where you get your podcasts:
Youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=jjKuCYn9…
Substack: thisisprogress.substack.com/…
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3zp…
Is alignment possible... at all?
Anthropic collaborator @aengus_lynch1 on how his views have changed over time, and whether he thinks we're cooked.