Episode 11: A GPT-4 Fanfiction Novella, April 7 2023

After a hype-y few weeks of AI happenings, Alex and Emily shovel the BS on GPT-4’s “system card,” its alleged “sparks of Artificial General Intelligence,” and a criti-hype heavy "AI pause" letter. Hint: for a good time, check the citations.

This episode originally aired on Friday, April 7, 2023.

You can also watch the video of this episode on PeerTube.

References:

GPT-4 system card: https://cdn.openai.com/papers/gpt-4-system-card.pdf
“Sparks of AGI” hype: https://twitter.com/SebastienBubeck/status/1638704164770332674
And the preprint from Bubeck et al.: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.12712

“Pause AI” letter: https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/

The “Sparks” paper points to this 1997 editorial in their definition of “intelligence”:
https://www1.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/reprints/1997mainstream.pdf

Radiolab's miniseries, 'G': https://radiolab.org/series/radiolab-presents-g

Baria and Cross, "The brain is a computer is a brain.": https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.14042

Senator Chris Murphy buys the hype:
https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1640186536825061376

Generative “AI” is making “police sketches”:
https://twitter.com/Wolven/status/1624299508371804161?t=DXyucCPYPAKNn8TtAo0xeg&s=19

More mathy math in policing:
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/aurora-police-new-ai-system-bodycam-footage/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

User Research without the Users:
https://twitter.com/schock/status/1643392611560878086

DoNotPay is here to cancel your gym membership:
https://twitter.com/BrianBrackeen/status/1644193519496511488?s=20

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Music by Toby Menon.
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