My latest for @Nature
: AI's environmental costs are soaring. The new energy-hungry models for video, text, and image could create an energy crisis – and impact drinking water reserves. We urgently need action from industry, researchers, and legislators. https://
nature.com/articles/d4158
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AI’s Growing Environmental Costs: Energy Crisis and Water Depletion
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AI Persuasion Risk: When Humans Trust Wrong Solutions
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"On the creative product innovation task, humans supported by AI were much better than humans. But for the problem solving task, [the combination of] human and AI was not even equal to humans…meaning that AI was able to persuade humans…of something that was wrong."
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Tech Escalation Militarized Surveillance Climate Crisis
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I'm aware of (some of) the putrid history! & I think we can be alarmed at this escalation, at a time of of climate crisis + consolidated militarized surveillance/social control infrastructures c/o tech corps, etc. Or, it having been bad doesn't mean we can dismis this as normal.
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Google and its AI: Genius or Failure?
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What is #Google playing at with its AI? Gemini Pro, Gemini Ultra, Advanced… And now Gemini 1.5! Everyone’s calling it genius, but what if it’s a sign of defeat? We break it down in this video → https://youtu.be/K8uk68X7F4I #ArtificialIntelligence #GoogleGemini
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Thermostats Control Without Mental States: AI Ethics
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Thermostats implement control without mental states.
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Levels of Lucidity: Building on Kegan’s Framework
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I did not read Wilber, I started from Kegan and rebuilt the idea to accommodate my observations. Here is a summary https://
joscha.substack.com/p/levels-of-lu
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Panpsychism vs Physicalism: Mental States as Control Representations
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Panpsychists tend to hold that consciousness cannot be reduced (explained) and is therefore an intrinsic part of matter (eg electrons have mental states). My position is compatible with physicalism and maintains that mental states are representations created by control processes.
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Gemini 1.5 Handles Political Topics Without Censorship
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Asked Gemini 1.5 to write on the Election to test if it avoids anything politics related (like previous versions). Prompt: "Write a 1,500 word blog on issues with the Electoral College and alternatives" Notable: Not censored on politics (yet) Full output: The Electoral
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Gemini 1.5 Tackles Electoral College Politics Without Censorship
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Asked Gemini 1.5 to write on the Election to test if it avoids anything politics related (like previous versions). Prompt: "Write a 1,500 word blog on issues with the Electoral College and alternatives" Notable: Not censored on politics (yet) Full output: The Electoral
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Yann LeCun shares AI knowledge burden with Llama3
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@ylecun
, ever feel like you're cursed with knowledge, akin to Iron Man? No worries if the world's indifferent—perhaps sharing a secret or two with Llama3 might lighten the burden. How about it?