#5: Episode 11: A GPT-4 Fan Fiction Novella, originally recorded on April 7, 2023, in which @alexhanna and I take apart the GPT-4 "system card", the "Sparks of AGI paper" and the #AIPause letter.
SAFETY
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Top 10 Ethical Considerations for AI Projects
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Ethical AI is more than a buzzword! Check out the top 10 Ethical Considerations for AI Projects and explore how to balance innovation with responsibility. Essential insights for every AI practitioner! Read the full article:
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Do AI tools need new evaluation benchmarks?
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AI tools score high against current benchmarks but often do not work the way we want them to. Do we need new ways to evaluate them?
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Apple Undermines Security Commitment Under Government Pressure
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This is great reporting. In particular, it's shocking that a key pillar of Apple's brand–its commitment to security & its competence at such–was so blithely undermined by Apple's regional policy team, apparently in service of appeasing an angry gov. https://
washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/
27/india-apple-iphone-hacking/
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FAR AI Researchers Discover Emerging Flaws in GPT-4
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[#Article] Researchers from FAR AI reveal emerging flaws in GPT-4 https://actuia.com/actualite/des-chercheurs-de-far-ai-revelent-les-failles-emergentes-de-gpt-4/
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Top 10 Ethical Considerations for AI Projects
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Ethical AI is more than a buzzword! Check out the top 10 Ethical Considerations for AI Projects and explore how to balance innovation with responsibility. Essential insights for every AI practitioner! Read the full article:
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Why AI Alignment Undervalued Compared to Global Priorities
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certainly AI alignment (on a high level) is an important issue but why is it undervalued relative to eg world hunger or pandemic preparedness? and given this, why is studying language models considered a reasonable path towards eventually saving the world?
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Mechanistic Interpretability: Noble But Disconnected from AI Safety
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I also think the sub field of mechanistic interpretability is very cool — it’s all three noble, challenging, and interesting — I just struggle to see how it connects to the broader goals (building AI systems that don’t kill us) or at least why it’s a top priority
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Effective altruism goals versus narrow AI research priorities
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i’m curious about effective altruism: how do so many smart people with the goal “do good for the world” wind up with the subgoal “analyze the neurons of GPT-2 small” or something similar?
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Democratized Power Technology Proliferation Across All Motivations
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Whether it’s commercial, religious, cultural, or military, democratic or authoritarian, every possible motivation can be dramatically enhanced by having cheaper power at your fingertips. These tools will be available to all, a proliferation of not just technology but capability