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, @EdFelten and @Manav_Raj_ on how Generative AI is changing the economic landscape
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Generative AI’s Impact on Economic Landscape
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AI Risk Demands Urgent Action Despite Uncertainty
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Proving “AI ruin” is an unnecessarily high bar. AI risk is sufficient. Just as I would never knowingly play Russian roulette, if there’s even a single digit percentage chance of existential catastrophe, the need for action is urgent. Uncertainty is not our friend.
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Have you read the AI Index report yet?
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Have you read the AI Index report yet? https://
aiindex.stanford.edu/wp-content/upl
oads/2023/04/HAI_AI-Index-Report_2023.pdf
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GPT-4 Strengths and Weaknesses Analysis Thread
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Here's a fascinating thread about some of the strengths and weaknesses of GPT-4. Overall, it's pretty impressive!
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AI suggestions should be tested, not blindly followed
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For sure I would not blindly follow its suggestions. But it can often generate plausible ideas to test.
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ASCII art generated as alternative when image creation fails
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It says can't do that (at my version can't). I asked it for an ascii image instead: "Here's a basic ASCII art of the arrangement: “` | ===/ (___) _______ O | | O O |_____| O
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AI Efficiency Over Real Intelligence: Practical Solutions Matter More
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From an economists perspective, it may not make much of a difference if it is showing "real" common sense if it can solve many practical problems, perhaps better, faster and cheaper than a human (although also requiring others to check its work — nobody's perfect.)
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Object Recognition to Actionable Instructions: Unlocking New Possibilities
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The ability to generate actionable instructions after recognizing objects in photos opens up so many possibilities
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Uncertainty about reported incident, fine-tuning required
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Not clear that it happened exactly as reported — the paper says it would require fine-tuning the model. (Not that that would be hard for a bad actor to do.)