Eg: OpenPhil ran a "change our views" contest with money, which I didn't bother trying to submit to because I correctly predicted that they'd give the prize money to a "we need two Stalins" critic — in this case, somebody who argued for less AI risk and longer timelines.
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Vibe Coders Rise: Platform Responsibility Over User Skill
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First step is happening already where people want to hire vibe coders to work on startup ideas or whatever. And there’s levels to good vs bad ones, the best ones today know the implications of security, scalability etc I think those issues fall on the platforms not the users
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AI as Scientific Tool: Weather Modeling and Discovery
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Thank you @eostudi0 for coming to @Caltech and interviewing me on #ai I talk about the need to keep being curious and use AI as a tool, rather than being afraid of AI. I talk about AI for scientific modeling and discovery, and training the first high-resolution AI-based weather
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Cyclist Intentionally Interferes with Waymo Autonomous Vehicle
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I saw a cyclist do this to a Waymo intentionally https://t.co/YsEboSphdt
— fofr (@fofrAI) 4 mai 2025I saw a cyclist do this to a Waymo intentionally
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The Professional Future of a Generation Until 2065
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Quel avenir pour la génération à laquelle j’appartiens, et qui sera encore active sur le marché du travail en 2065 ? pic.twitter.com/x0rJdn3mL8
— Alexandre Tsicopoulos (@Alex_Tsico) 4 mai 2025What future for the generation I belong to, which will still be active on the job market in 2065?
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LLM Explanations and the Question of AI Belief
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And then the LLM in trying to explain this to us says “Oh yeah native foliage duh.” And who knows, it may believe that, to the extent it believes anything.
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Social Media Algorithms Amplify Extremism Over Moderate Voices
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100% agree. But, also, social media makes this really, really hard, because it promotes extremists at the expense of moderates.
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AI autonomy from single prompt versus human-directed tool use
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i am talking about from one (perhaps lengthy) prompt, not about using AI as a tool in service of implementing a human’s vision.
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Google AI Hallucinations: Fact-Checking Generated Biographies
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Hallucinations turned up to 11! Having fun fact-checking this Google-written bio of @theharryshearer — sent to me by @theharryshearer
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Free Speech Paradox: Trump Administration Targets Governor
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One minute people on X are supporting free speech. The next they are casting a blind eye as the Trump administration seeks to arrest a US governor for something he said.