“AI #81: Alpha Proteo” by Zvi

Following up on Alpha Fold, DeepMind has moved on to Alpha Proteo. We also got a rather simple prompt that can create a remarkably not-bad superforecaster for at least some classes of medium term events.

We did not get a new best open model, because that turned out to be a scam. And we don’t have Apple Intelligence, because it isn’t ready for prime time. We also got only one very brief mention of AI in the debate I felt compelled to watch.

What about all the apps out there, that we haven’t even tried? It's always weird to get lists of ‘top 50 AI websites and apps’ and notice you haven’t even heard of most of them.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.
2. Table of Contents.
3. Language Models Offer Mundane Utility. So many apps, so little time.
4. Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane [...]

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Outline:

(00:44) Language Models Offer Mundane Utility

(03:40) Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility

(05:43) Predictions are Hard Especially About the Future

(12:57) Early Apple Intelligence

(15:27) On Reflection It's a Scam

(21:34) Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon

(23:08) They Took Our Jobs

(28:42) The Time 100 People in AI

(32:11) The Art of the Jailbreak

(32:47) Get Involved

(33:12) Alpha Proteo

(43:14) Introducing

(44:23) In Other AI News

(46:41) Quiet Speculations

(50:40) The Quest for Sane Regulations

(53:12) The Week in Audio

(54:28) Rhetorical Innovation

(55:48) Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult

(56:05) People Are Worried About AI Killing Everyone

(58:38) Other People Are Not As Worried About AI Killing Everyone

(59:56) Six Boats and a Helicopter

(01:06:47) The Lighter Side

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First published:
September 12th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/YMaTA2hX6tSBJWnPr/ai-81-alpha-proteo

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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