Whilst @geoffreyhinton is a *brilliant* scientist, scientists are *not* the people to teach us about risk management. The project manager for the Nuclear Information Project has already warned us about these "muddled analogies", leading to a "calorie-free media panic".
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AI Regulation Congress Sam Altman OpenAI ChatGPT Risk
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Here's the full article: https://
vox.com/future-perfect
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Virology Education Accessibility and LLM Knowledge Restrictions
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I have a family member studying virology. Everyone in the course is learning this forbidden knowledge that LLMs are not allowed to pass on. So why do we allow the teaching of virology, but do not allow an understanding of virology to be more accessible?
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AI as General Purpose Computation Under Attack
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This is a good point – AI is becoming an increasingly important way of doing general purpose computation…
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Differential Risk Treatment in AI Harm Assessment
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These seems premised on the idea that all things that could cause harm should be treated identically – is that correct? If so, I don't see how that is true. And if not, I don't understand what is being claimed.
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AI Safety: Mental Stability Testing Before Powerful Technology Access
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I don't have anything in mind, but since some people like you assimilate technology like AI and synthetic biology with powerful weapons, it would only seem logical to push the analogy: we don't put powerful weapons in the hands of anyone without testing their mental stability.
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PlayStation 2 export controls: computing power restrictions precedent
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Like when there was an export control on computers above 1 GFLOPS and when the Sony PlayStation-2 came out in 2000, it was above the limit https://
theregister.com/2000/04/17/pla
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Does AI Regulation Increase or Decrease Extinction Risk?
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Geoffrey do you think advocating for strong regulation will make human extinction more likely, or less likely? On what basis do you make that assessment?
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AI Safety Policies May Undermine Protection Against Superintelligence
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AI Safety advocates are *not* really taking seriously the possibility of AI super intelligence. If you do really think that this is a danger, their main policy recommendations may make us much *less* safe. I explain why in this discussion:
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White House Defense Production Act Distorts AI Security Policy
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Laws to ensure AI applications are safe, fair, and transparent are needed. But the White House's use of the Defense Production Act—typically reserved for war or national emergencies—distorts AI through the lens of security, for example with phrases like "companies developing any