Lost track of what @garymarcus and @ylecun agree & disagree about? Agree:
LLMs are an off-ramp to AGI
Human extinction is not likely Common sense is critical
World models are critical Disagree:
GFM: Near-term risk of LLMs is serious GFM: Explicit symbolic reasoning will be
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Marcus vs LeCun: Key Disagreements on LLMs and AGI
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Distinguishing AI Risk from AGI Risk
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Gary Marcus on AI Risk and AGI Safety Concerns
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They do? Example? See my essay: https://
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AI Risk Debate: Why Near-Term Concerns Matter Most
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But you won’t debate me on near-term AI risk, either. (Many people would be excited to host such a debate).
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Alignment concerns Yann perspective on AI safety inevitability
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I did not say that about Altman; go back and look what I said. No idea the referent for Jacob. Yann does seem to think that alignment will inevitably come and that there is nothing to worry about.
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AI Misinformation Risks and Democratic Impact Debate
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1. See the debates we had on misinformation in November; he repeatedly minimized those risks. still does afaik.
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AI Risks Are Real Not Fantasy Dawkins Critique
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In your ability to follow a cogent line of argument, you sir are no Richard Dawkins. (Or NdGT) The idea that AI could cause harm isn’t fantasy; it’s already become a reality. Your ridicule of ideas you disagree is lame & as @paulg noted, it’s not going to age well.
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Support for AI Regulation: Where Did He Back It?
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Where did he support regulation? I missed that. Link?
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LLMs Alone Cannot Solve This Conjecture Problem
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Note that if this conjecture is correct (and a form of it has held for 21 years), LLMs (alone) are barking up the wrong tree.
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Capturing AI Excitement and Uncertainty in Visual Art
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Tall art order: can anyone help me capture this complex sentiment about both excitement and uncertainty in a single image I can use for TED? with thanks to @Borthwick