The article ends as it began, by platforming completely unsubstantiated claims (marketing), this time sourced to Altman: 23/
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TESCREAL Acronym Explained: AI Existential Risks Framework
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If TESCREAL as an acronym is unfamiliar, start with this excellent talk by @timnitgebru
, reporting on joint work with @xriskology connecting the dots: 22/ -
Billionaires Disrupting Science Through AI Speculation
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It is an enormous disservice to the public to report on this as if it were a "debate" rather than a disruption of science by billionaires throwing money at the hope of bringing about the speculative fiction stories they grew up reading — 20/
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OpenAI’s Existential Risk Rhetoric and Transhumanist Culture
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Next stop: both-sides-ing reporting of "existential risk". OpenAI is deep within the TESCERAList cult. It's staffed by people who actually believe they're creating autonomous thinking machines, that humans might merge with one day, live as uploaded simulations, etc. 19/
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Burden of Proof for AGI Claims Requires Extraordinary Evidence
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Before you ask me to prove that AGI doesn't exist: The burden of proof lies w/those making the extraordinary claims. "Slightly conscious if you squint", "can generalize, learn & comprehend" are extraordinary claims requiring extraordinary evidence, scrutinized by peer review. 18/
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AGI Does Not Exist Says Critic of AI Hype
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But here is where the reporting really goes off the rails. AGI is not a thing. It doesn't exist. Therefore, it can't do anything, no matter what the AI cultists say. 17/
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Making Sense of AI Output: Why We Project Meaning
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(And, it bears repeating: If their output seems to make sense, it's because we're making sense of it.) 15/
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LLMs produce plausible text, not genuine writing or ideas
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"AI" is not "good at writing"—it's designed to produce plausible sounding synthetic text. Writing is an activity that people to do as we work to refine our ideas and share them with others. LLMs don't have ideas. 14/
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Calculator Outperforms AI: Questioning Breakthrough Claims
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What's their evidence that there's a big breakthrough? Something that has "vast computing resources" can do grade-school level math. You know what else can do grade-school level math? A fucking calculator that can run on a tiny solar cell. Way more reliably, too, undoubtedly. 12/
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Adapting to AI Era: Five Stages of Progress
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The way to adapt to the era of AI is to quickly progress through the five stages.