Major fallacy here: "closed frontier labs" can't possibly stay simultaneously "closed" and "frontier" for very long.
They must either open up or fall behind.
In any case, they will lose whatever advance they think they have.
Why? Because people move around and ideas get around.
@ylecun
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Closed Frontier Labs Cannot Maintain Competitive Advantage Long Term
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Democracy Essential for Beneficial Technological Progress
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That's why we have democracy.
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Technology’s Impact on Human Evolution and Biological Transformation
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1. I didn't write what you are quoting me as having written.
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Techno-Optimism: Humanism and Active Technology Optimism
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Excellent piece by @Noahpinion on techno-optimism.
So many good points. Like Noah, I'm a humanist who subscribes to both Positive and Normative forms of Active Techno-Optimism. Quote: "Techno-optimism is thus much more than an argument about the institutions of today or the -
Government and Big Business Role in Technological Innovation
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That's an excellent piece, Noah.
So many good points. I particularly like this bit:
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Collaborating with Young Talented AI Professionals
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Working with young and talented collaborators.
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AI Assistants: Better Knowledge Interface and Cultural Vehicles
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Chatting with @timoreilly today he said: "books are a user interface to knowledge."
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Influential figures push governments ban open source AI
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Because a bunch of influential people think AI is too dangerous to make available to everyone and are actively lobbying governments to make open source AI illegal.
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Habitat 3.0 Virtual Environment Released with Open-Source Code
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Habitat 3.0 is released!
— Yann LeCun (@ylecun) 20 octobre 2023
Virtual environment with humanoid sims under human control, robots, realistic indoor environments, physics, …
Paper, open-source code, and datasets. https://t.co/GBu4HtFRrFHabitat 3.0 is released!
Virtual environment with humanoid sims under human control, robots, realistic indoor environments, physics, …
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Open Exchange Essential for AI Leadership and Progress
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Yes, important to keep in mind that the very reason for the accelerated progress in AI is the fast and open exchange of ideas, publications, datasets, and code. Whoever embraces this open exchange can be part of the leading pack.
Whoever cuts themselves from it inevitably falls