“AI #92: Behind the Curve” by Zvi

People don’t give thanks enough, and it's actual Thanksgiving, so here goes.

Thank you for continuing to take this journey with me every week.

It's a lot of words. Even if you pick and choose, and you probably should, it's a lot of words. You don’t have many slots to spend on things like this. I appreciate it.

Thanks in particular for those who are actually thinking about all this, and taking it seriously, and forming their own opinions. It is the only way. To everyone who is standing up, peacefully and honestly, for whatever they truly think will make the world better, even if I disagree with you.

Thanks to all those working to ensure we all don’t die, and also those working to make the world a little richer, a little more full of joy and fun and health and wonder, in the [...]

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Outline:

(02:08) Language Models Offer Mundane Utility

(03:16) It's a Poet Whether or Not You Know It

(06:23) Huh, Upgrades

(09:41) Thanks for the Memories

(11:51) Curve Ball

(15:58) ASI: A Scenario

(27:40) Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon

(38:17) They Took Our Jobs

(45:14) Fun With Image Generation

(46:56) Get Involved

(47:10) Introducing

(47:32) In Other AI News

(48:45) Normative Determinism

(50:04) Quiet Speculations

(54:03) The Quest for Sane Regulations

(57:40) The Week in Audio

(01:01:31) Rhetorical Innovation

(01:02:21) Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult

(01:02:59) Pick Up the Phone

(01:08:24) Prepare for Takeoff

(01:14:07) Even Evaluating an Artificial Intelligence is Difficult

(01:16:48) People Are Worried About AI Killing Everyone

(01:19:11) The Lighter Side

The original text contained 12 images which were described by AI.

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First published:
November 28th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/BGBLcy3JyjjrT8XbM/ai-92-behind-the-curve

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