Surely one or two labs should not dominate AI. It also shouldn’t be a technological race to decide who gets to keep the world safe (or not).
@willknight
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Huawei electric powertrain and autonomous driving platform used by Chinese carmakers
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Huawei has developed an electric power train and autonomous driving platform that is being used by incumbent Chinese carmakers through new brands like AITO. The blue light tells you that the car is driving itself…
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Does AI stop harming people after they turn 18?
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Also… does AI somehow not harm people once they turn 18?
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NYT opinion piece questions human vs AI distinction
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The recent NYT opinion piece by @tab_delete is so fascinating, beyond just the way AI is upending education. "What really is the distinction between a nameless, faceless human you’ll never meet except over the internet and a statistical approximation of the same thing?".
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AI in education: human versus statistical approximation debate
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The recent NYT opinion piece by @tab_delete is so fascinating, beyond just the way AI is upending education. "What really is the distinction between a nameless, faceless human you’ll never meet except over the internet and a statistical approximation of the same thing?".
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AI Models Enhance Robot Control, Accelerating Robotics Adoption
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It is truly mind-blowing how capable Claude and Codex now are at configuring and controlling robots. My own experiments (with a lerobot 101) point to a fascinating new trend in robotics that could accelerate adoption. Many thanks to @Ken_Goldberg and @spencerhuang_ for their
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LLMs Like ChatGPT Optimized for Persuasion, Impacting Social Intelligence
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This doesn't define human intelligence, in fact a human's ability to know when it is wrong to manipulate someone might be considered a pretty important element of social intelligence. But anyway, ever since ChatGPT LLMs have essentially been optimized for persuasion…
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AI Consciousness: Expert Views on LLMs and Biological Replication
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I wrote about the idea of AI consciousness for @WIRED a while ago. Most experts think LLMs are to replicate biological consciousness (at least, according to our best understanding of it). But some eminent scientists are trying to build new kinds of AI systems that could, perhaps,
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User excited to test MolmoAct2 on LeRobot 101
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I mentioned MolmoAct2 in my newsletter this week! (
https://
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Robot demo hides AGI limitations
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like many robot demos, it is not quite what it seems (or feels like). it quite probably lacks the G of AGI for now.