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AI Design Philosophy: Enhancement Not Destruction

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31 October 2023 23h53

Well, that was kind of the idea behind the Mutually Assured Destruction doctrine, but nevermind. AI is designed to make humanity smarter, not wipe out entire cities.
I fail to see how this analogy has any relevance.

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31 October 2023

PlayStation 2 export controls: computing power restrictions precedent

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31 October 2023 23h45

Like when there was an export control on computers above 1 GFLOPS and when the Sony PlayStation-2 came out in 2000, it was above the limit https://
theregister.com/2000/04/17/pla
ystation_2_exports/
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31 October 2023

AI Extinction Risk: Human Agency and Potential Salvation

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31 October 2023 23h04

My estimate is:
"considerably less than most other potential causes of human extinction"
Because we have agency in this. It's not like some sort of natural phenomenon that we can't stop. Conversely, AI could actually save humanity from extinction.
What is your estimate for that

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31 October 2023

Andrew Ng argues against excessive open source AI regulation

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31 October 2023 20h15

A nice piece by @AndrewYNg arguing that irrational fears about AI should not cause governments to regulate open source AI models out of existence.

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31 October 2023

Open AI Research Under Threat From Restrictive Policies

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31 October 2023 20h13

You and Yoshua are inadvertently helping those who want to put AI research and development under lock and key and protect their business by banning open research, open-source code, and open-access models. This will inevitably lead to bad outcomes in the medium term.

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