This is a linkpost for https://rootsofprogress.org/links-and-tweets-2023-04-12
Opportunities
- Nat Friedman wants a researcher/journalist for a short AI/rationalism/x-risk project
- A new x-risk research lab is recruiting their first round of fellows (via @panickssery)
Links
- A “solutionist” third-way on AI safety from Leopold (or thread version)
- Jack Devanney on how “ALARA” makes nuclear energy expensive (via @s8mb). See also my review of Devanney’s book
- “Instead of a desk, I would like to have a very large lazy susan in my office” (see also my attempts to visualize a soluion)
Queries
- What’s the best sci-fi about AI to read at this moment in history?
- What explains the full history of Irish population?
- Why is the US an outlier in post-2000 suicide rate trends?
- Do uncertain statements about the future have truth values?
- Is any sigmoid an isomorphism between two groups over ℝ and (0,1)?
Quotes
AI tweets & threads
- Good concise clarification of a key difference in thinking on AI x-risk
- Many AGI doomers & anti-doomers make terrible arguments
- “Confabulate” instead of “hallucinate” for LLMs?
- GPT-4 speaker intros
- Practical advice for coping with the feeling of “imminent doomsday”
