With some recent events, we realised that in fact, we need to prove 'if someone is AI'
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AI Independence and Inclusion Progress Raises Important Concerns
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But the letter raises an important concern about independence that needs focus. But we are making progress in participation and inclusion across many different areas of need and focus. I’ll try to share a thread on some recent work and the questions they raise soon. 2/2
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Deliberative participatory AI design approaches and governance frameworks
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Great letter! Deliberative and participatory AI will need many forms, and Jack brings together the concerns excellently. We had an approach called STELA relevant to the design role of deliberation 1/2. https://
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Disappointment with Early AI Pioneers’ Recent Trajectory
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Not going to name names, but this applies to several OG figures in AI, and it pains me to see
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Robocalls automation economic costs human friction necessity
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Robocalls need to be banned (or taxed). The implicit cost of a human making a phone call (or driving a car in traffic, or writing a recommendation, or posting a review) is necessary to the functioning of many processes and institutions.
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Language Models Develop Deeper Understanding Beyond Probe Extraction
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They found that the probe struggled to extract the bizarro world from the LM, indicating that the original semantics were embedded w/i the LM independently of the probe. This experiment further supported the team’s conclusion that LMs can develop a deeper understanding of
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MIT researchers find LLMs may develop their own understanding of reality
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Can LLMs assign meaning to language, or do they simply mimic text? Peering into the mind of these models, MIT CSAIL researchers found that LLMs may develop their own understanding of reality to improve their generative abilities. Their research indicates that such models may
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Claude Family Models Excel with Strong Alignment Safety Measures
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The Claude family from @AnthropicAI is really good at it: Claude 3.5 Sonnet, 3 Opus & Haiku all succeed. It feels like a heavy alignment stage with refusals is part of the explanation.
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Neuralink Brain Implants Will Become Mainstream Technology
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At some point, having a Neuralink will be normal
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Waymo Autonomous Microaggression Midnight Friday Messages
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waymo saying “happy friday” when you take it home from the office past midnight on Thursday is an autonomous microagression