Or intelligence augmentation per Douglas Engelbart
@erikbryn
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LLMs Show Interest in Learning COBOL Programming Language
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You know who’s interested in learning COBOL? LLMs
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LLMs and Humans Have Different Strengths and Weaknesses
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True. But to be more precise, they each have very different strengths and weaknesses. No way I could “read” as many books as an LLM does.
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Statistical Independence and Age Filter Concerns in Analysis
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Interesting analysis. However, the criteria are not statistically independent – I bet several of them are highly correlated. I’m not sure about your age filter either.
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AI should augment human capabilities rather than imitate humans
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We would be better off if fewer people were working to make AI closely imitate humans and more were working to augment and extend our capabilities:
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Turing Test Versions and Ray Kurzweil’s 2029 Bet Prediction
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Yes, there are many different versions of the Turing Test. I did see that bet and based on what I know today, I’d have to take Ray Kurweil side of it. That is also the majority view of folks on Metaculus: https://
metaculus.com/questions/3648
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When Will AI Systems Reliably Pass the Turing Test?
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What’s your best estimate of when an AI system will reliably pass the Turing test?
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Two Distinct Metrics for Evaluating AI: Philosophy and Practice
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Great question, but there are really two distinct metrics: one is the more philosophical one: “does AI ‘truly’ reason and think?” Another is a practical one: “what are the economic and societal effects of AI?” Both are important, but they are not the same.
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Thread on EA, AI and Risk Relationships
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Useful thread on how EA, AI and risk relate to each other.
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AI-Generated Hit Songs and Videos Likely by End of 2024
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This song's lyrics and music are pretty mid. And the video is not completely realistic.
— Erik Brynjolfsson (@erikbryn) 25 novembre 2023
But it leads me to update the odds that a hit song (and accompanying video) will be largely AI-created by the end of 2024. https://t.co/BIPE4KieRuThis song's lyrics and music are pretty mid. And the video is not completely realistic. But it leads me to update the odds that a hit song (and accompanying video) will be largely AI-created by the end of 2024.