As I read these posts I find it intriguing to see how confident people are about their beliefs; on both sides, while the future fate of AI seems truly very uncertain to me. I see parallels with religion (my God the only real one). At least one must have badly calibrated beliefs.
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AI Hallucinations: How LLMs Generate Creative Misinformation
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Wrote about extrinsic hallucinations during the July 4th break. https://
lilianweng.github.io/posts/2024-07-
07-hallucination/
… Here is what ChatGPT suggested as a fun tweet for the blog: Dive into the wild world of AI hallucinations! Discover how LLMs can conjure up some seriously creative (and sometimes -
Computing Scale and Emerging AI Risks: A Critical Analysis
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Does more compute equate with greater risk? What is our track record at predicting what risks emerge with scale? I don't have much time anymore to write, but this felt important enough to write down some thoughts on. arxiv.org/pdf/2407.05694v1
→ View original post on X — @katecrawford, 2024-07-10 05:23 UTC
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Future of AI Consciousness: A Question for Decades Ahead
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A better question is: how much consciousness will AI have 10, 50, 100 years from now?
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California AI Companies Enforce Noncompetes, Creating Misaligned Values
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But sadly Californian companies enforce noncompetes in other places. Imagine a preferential AI for California and another for the rest of the world! Misaligned values.
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Breaking Down the Overton Window in AI Discourse
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There should be no Overton window because there should be no Overton wall.
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AI Assistants as Tools for Political Influence and Control
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In the future you’ll have an AI whispering in your ear all day long. What politician wouldn’t love to get a hold of that?
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Microsoft’s Climate Initiative Drives Momentum for Direct Air Capture
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Agreement comes as tech groups seek to meet climate promises while expanding power-hungry artificial intelligence Good initiative by MSFT. Hopefully this will create momentum for the DAC players.
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Super-persuasive machines and influencer creation tools
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Before we get super-intelligent machines, we'll get super-persuasive machines. Which companies currently have the most effective tools for creating online influencers and social media campaigns?
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AI Scientists Demand Non-Compete Bans Through Activism
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AI scientists and engineers need to make their voices heard when it comes to non-competes. I hope this becomes a topic of discussion at @icmlconf and other venues. We urgently need more activism in this area. I believe non-competes should be banned because: 1. They give