I think this is a bad look for these VC firms — hope they do a rethink here. My guess is it'll be bad for business, & bad for society. A couple of firms I'd quite respected are amongst them. VCs: I'm happy to have chat any time to explain why this hurts everyone, including you
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AI Harms Today and Future Governance with Marietje Schaake
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Really enjoyed this hour-long fireside chat on where the real harms are from AI *today* and how we might govern AI in the future, with the awesome @MarietjeSchaake at @StanfordHAI
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AI generative risks threaten education cognitive decline
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Le niveau scolaire baisse dangereusement depuis des décennies. Et ce n'est qu'un début : l'avènement des IA génératives pourrait accélérer notre déclin cognitif. Nous devons sonner l'alerte.
— Rafik Smati (@RafikSmati) 14 novembre 2023
Pour mener ce combat de l'intelligence, l'école doit absolument et plus que jamais se… pic.twitter.com/oZ94Qna3ofLe niveau scolaire baisse dangereusement depuis des décennies. Et ce n'est qu'un début : l'avènement des IA génératives pourrait accélérer notre déclin cognitif. Nous devons sonner l'alerte. Pour mener ce combat de l'intelligence, l'école doit absolument et plus que jamais se
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LLM Safety Concerns: Why Major Risks Haven’t Materialized Yet
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Because LLMs have been around for several years and no such thing has happened?
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Reputable Scientists in Mob Violence: Ethics and Accountability
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Some of the members of the lynching mob were reputable scientists.
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AI Team Shuts Down Project Over Ethical Concerns
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Nope. It was taken down by the small team that built it because they couldn't sleep at night.
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Galactica LLM shutdown: hallucinations and scientific publishing debate
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Galactica, the LLM for scientists from Meta, was released a couple of weeks before ChatGPT but was taken down after 3 days.
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Ethics in Theory and Practice: Regional and Organizational Perspectives
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Ethics in theory is simple but in reality it is more complex. We have to start by asking why we ethics? This will vary by region / society and from whose perspective? However, a belief in doing the right thing is better for the organisation and the individual in the long-run.
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Generative AI and Customer Privacy: Critical Balance
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Did you forget something? Remember that with the rise in technologies like generative AI, customer privacy remains as important as ever. SAS CMO @JennChase shares thoughts in @HarvardBiz
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Superintelligence and AGI: Exploring Big Questions in AI
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The most fun I can have in my day job is being able to talk to lots of interesting people about the big questions in AI, and then discuss it all with John Thornhill. Do listen if you want to figure out what all the fuss around superintelligence and AGI is about..