My latest story for @WIRED is about two key announcements that droppedlast week: a major US-led push to regulate how militaries use AI together with a UN move to examine the ethical and technical risks posed by lethal autonomy.
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Google DeepMind’s MuJoCo Physics Engine for Robot Simulation
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Yes it's a description of the robot for Google DeepMind's MuJoCo physics engine.
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DeepMind Releases Humanoid Robot Model and Documentation
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DeepMind has a humanoid robot. https://
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Distributed Systems in 9p Bootcamp Initiative
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AI Safety Summit in London: Networking Opportunity
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Who will be in London for the AI Safety Summit? DM if you'd like to meet and chat.
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Emergent Abilities in AI: Training’s Hidden Role Revealed
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I’ve often thought this. The “emergent” abilities seem less emergent when you know, for example, that skilled programmers have spent thousands of hours training the model.
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Companies Use Chatbots with Complex Backstories for Research
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My latest for @WIRED
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Will AGI/ASI Make Humans Superfluous by NeurIPS 2023?
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Is anyone going to #NeurIPS2023, or will we have AGI/ASI already by then thus rendering humans superfluous?
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Balancing immediate and existential AI risks concerns
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Interesting, thanks for sharing. I think one issue is that many people who care about immediate risks also worry about existential ones, just not as much as the letter sort of implied.
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Peter Watts Blindsight: Science Fiction Explores AI Consciousness
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A good reason to subscribe to @WIRED is the amazing taste it’s writers have in science fiction. Enjoy this piece on Peter Watts and Blindsight, one of my all-time fave books.