The original AI doomers are leaving the sinking ship of AI doomerism.
@ylecun
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Tech Leaders’ Philanthropic Transitions: Gates, Zuckerberg and Social Impact
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The transition is particularly striking in some people in prominent positions. A good example is Bill Gates who transitioned from ruthless CEO of a company with monopolistic tendencies to one of the most effective philanthropists in the world. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan
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Study Methodology Questioned: Lack of Peer Review and Scientific Rigor
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That definitely does not constitute an unbiased, scholarly, independent, peer-reviewed, social science study.
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Science Fiction Writer Stanley Chen Discusses AI at Paris Peace Forum
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It was great to meet science fiction writer Qiufan "Stanley" Chen before our panel on AI at the Paris Peace Forum.
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Microsoft and OpenAI: Navigating a Complex Business Relationship
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Microsoft seems to have a rather difficult relationship with OpenAI.
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AI Catches Up to Evolution in Visual and Speech Recognition
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Well, we caught up with evolution in just a few years when it comes to visual perception, speech recognition, and some forms of reasoning and planning.
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Ballmer’s GPL Cancer Comment: Open Source History
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Ballmer did say that the GPL (used by the Linux kernel) was a *cancer".
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OpenAI’s Non-Profit to For-Profit Transition Explained
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OpenAI was a non-profit that now owns a for-profit entity also called OpenAI.
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Company reverses anti-open-source stance amid internal disagreement
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AI Assistants as Future Digital Infrastructure Smarter Than Humans
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A panel on AI at the Paris Peace Forum today. Starting at 42'00, I plot the future of AI: all of our interactions with the digital world will be mediated by AI assistants that will eventually become smarter than us.
Because they will become a common infrastructure containing all
