It’s a monopoly in a sector, viz on *investment in AI* I didn’t say people didn’t (or wouldn’t in my alternative history) still build tractors or fintech or whatever. Very uncharitable reading, put in rather kind words.
@garymarcus
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Ladder Builders Cult Blocks Rocket Innovation Progress
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Did anyone ever argue that ladders aren’t useful? Gonna write an alternative history in which we never make it to the moon because of a cult of ladder builders monopolize venture capital and public imagination and shout down rockets as implausible, expensive, and unproven.
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AI’s Transformative Potential for Medicine, Climate, and Society
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i think everyone’s world would transform for the better IF we could get there, safely. medicine, climate, etc all changed for the much better. IF.
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Driverless Cars Remain Demos, Not Production Ready
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yes i think you skimmed it. and honestly if you think driverless cars are anything more than a demo you aren’t paying attention.
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AI Company Faces Competition, Legal Troubles, Strategic Challenges
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Sure but they also have already 4 close competitors that have largely caught up, with at least one competing on price, a dozen or so lawsuits, upcoming licensing costs, at least 2 or 3 federal investigations, no moat, high operating costs, and a desperate need to build something
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Model Capabilities: Addressing Misleading AI Representations
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Exactly. The model itself is a tour de force. But why pretend it is something that it is not?
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Denying AI flaws delays progress and innovation
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this hectoring bullshit has got to stop. denying real flaws just delays progress.
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LeCun Now Imitates Former Critic After Years of Opposition
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The great irony is that after all the years LeCun spent bashing me, he’s now my closest imitator. #karma
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Red-teaming AI Systems: Demonstrating Vulnerabilities Through Security Testing
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fairish point, but if they ever let us red-team the system I am sure we can demonstrate something like this…
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Mel Mitchell’s arxiv papers on AI abstraction levels
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it’s never abstract enough. read @MelMitchell1
’s two recent arxiv papers on that.