We compete for matter, negentropy, and humans creating actually-competitive additional ASIs if we're allowed to stick around. Or more plainly, if an ASI boils Earth's oceans as coolant for computation, humanity doesn't survive that.
ETHICS
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Will’s Shallow Response to FTX Controversy Lacks Genuine Reflection
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The thread doesn't engage with reality in any honest and thoughtful way, despite Will claiming that he'd reflect carefully and deeply after FTX happened.
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Prioritizing Harmlessness After Helpfulness in AI Model Training
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This is precisely why we should work towards harmless after achieving helpfulness, than the other way. Models trained by Perplexity are going to be doing this.
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Why China Is Developing Humanoid Robots
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Why is #China creating humanoid robots? https://
interestingengineering.com/ie-originals/i
e-explainer/season-5/ep-28-why-is-china-creating-humanoid-robots
… #Robotics #robot #EthicalAI #OpenAI #bots #KillerRobot #roboticsainews #opensource #tech #technology #cobot #humanoid #AI #ML #Algorithms #AIEthics #Robotech #RobotDesign #Engineering -
Elon Musk’s Grok versus Sam Altman’s AI teaching philosophy
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Copyright implications of MPEG codec encoding derivative works
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Well, that's a false analogy. MPEG codec is software not data; if you encode Copyrighted data then the output is derivative and potentially infringing. Plus the expressions that earn copyright don't require exact data, quite the contrary.
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Fair Use and Copyright Risks in AI Company Strategy
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Transformative will always be subjective, you can't just claim it; the moment a company relies on Fair Use, they leave themselves open to a claim that only a judge can resolve. (Plus under international © law, lawsuits can occur abroad.) Seems like bad business either way…
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AI Copyright Cases: Books, Goldsmith, Archive.org Fair Use Disputes
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Loving how you talk about this in the past tense! You know it's going to court for the remaining claim, right? The Books case was at least matched by AWF v. Goldsmith and the archive(.)org cases on Fair Use, and those are the most recent — not as settled as you'd hope!
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No Direct Path from Current AI to Hostile Takeover
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We can't say with certainty whether AI will ever pose an existential risk to humans given an infinite timeline. But what we *can* say with absolute certainty is that there is no direct path from current technology to a "hostile AI takeover" scenario — whatsoever. Worrying about
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Unfettered Utilitarianism: A Recipe for AI Evil
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Because unfettered utilitarianism is a recipe for evil