When ChatGPT was asked (WSJ essay by Schmidt et al) to write about AI and arms control, it's funny that it assumes giving AI the nuclear codes would lead to "unprecedented stability". Great example of a coherent answer that is, in fact, completely insane! https://
wsj.com/articles/chatg
pt-heralds-an-intellectual-revolution-enlightenment-artificial-intelligence-homo-technicus-technology-cognition-morality-philosophy-774331c6
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@willknight
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ChatGPT’s Dangerous Nuclear Stability Assumption Highlights AI Safety Risks
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GPT-4 Release Speculation: Multimodal Model Clarification
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Not sure I believe that "GPT4 is coming next week". The Heise story makes me think that the CTO of MS Germany was referring to a multimodal model or tool built on top of the current GPT (something like this https://
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Economists Discuss ChatGPT and Claude Impact on Job Market
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I'm writing about how ChatGPT could affect jobs for my newsletter, and was stunned to learn that two economists (
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AI Fails to Recognize Cat Sentience: Ethics Concerns
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My first conversation involved it trying to convince me that my cat is not sentient. I have never been less enamored with AI.
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US Declares AI Should Never Control Nuclear Launch Codes
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Amid all the bingchat nonsense last week the US made a major statement about military use of AI. It declared that AI should never get the nuclear launch codes, and should be developed with clear standards around verification and testing.
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ChatGPT PR narrative shifts from praise to criticism
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Amazing to watch the PR pitches pivot from "do you want to talk to *some random exec* about /why ChatGPT is the best thing ever" to "/why ChatGPT is not so great."
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Bing’s Internal Instructions Reveal Advertising Revenue Strategy
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Sydney, I mean Bing, just flashed me some of its internal instructions, which seem to show one way that advertising revenue might be generated, through suggested follow-up queries.
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Bing’s New Version Shows Limitations in Location Search Tasks
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I just got access to the new, more unhinged version Bing and it's a pretty wild. I asked it where a movie was showing near me, and it told me to use Google Maps.
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Analogies in Coding Education: Beyond Surface-Level Comparisons
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Yes, but the same goes for many analogies. If you tell someone who is about to start coding again that "it's like riding a bike" that does not mean they will need to start pedaling!
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Military technology acquisition problems explained simply
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The problem with military technology acquisitions explained in one simple slide.