AI safety demands the creation of a law that AI researchers should not be allowed to name their own models anymore. The only thing worse than a hostile AGI would be a hostile AGI called Phat Goose.
@emollick
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Enterprise AI adoption challenges and timeline expectations
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Haven’t seen $100M boost. That would be a pretty big change. But also beyond demos. Actual use at scale to solve tricky issues. It is really hard for large companies to move on major projects in a few months. I suspect you will see a lot of public stuff soon.
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Amara’s Law: Why AI Impact Takes Time to Materialize
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When someone asks why is AI not changing many things yet, I point to Amara’s Law: “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.” Social systems change slower than technological systems. But signs are appearing.
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Research Citations Matter: Engaging With AI Study Findings
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I like that you push back on AI claims (I cite you in my book), but I find it frustrating to see you screenshots of a description of a paper’s finding without actually including the reference or engaging with the underlying research.
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GPT Capability Leaps: Research Analysis from GPT-3 to GPT-4
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I am not making a random statement, I am citing this paper: https://
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AI Detection in Writing: CAPTCHA for Authors and Education
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Just checked my new book and the only times the word "delve" is used is when I am quoting GPT-4. Phew. Its like CAPTCHA for authors (but also prone to false positives, which is why accurate AI detection in school settings in nearly impossible)
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Bacon-Erdös Number: Academic Collaboration Scoring System
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Also still the best way to keep score in academia. I have a Bacon-Erdös number of 9, one of my proudest accomplishments.
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AI Agent Devin Converts Word Documents to LaTeX PDFs
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AGI achieved. (OK, of course not, but a reminder that I shouldn't assume AI can't do something) "Devin, give me a PDF of a beautiful LaTex version of this Word document. Add at least one illustration. Add a title page with my name, look up my affiliation" Not perfect, but cute
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How AI Makes Smart Guesses and Appears More Perceptive
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Plus, it also shows how easy it is for AIs to make smart guesses and seem more perceptive than they are. Paper: https://
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AI Vision Models: Beyond Human Performance and Visual Pattern Recognition
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This paper is about how AI vision models don't have human level performance, but also this: GPT-4 without any vision capabilities at all still does remarkably well just faking it, suggesting that, much like with words, there is more regularity in the visual world then we realize