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This is a weekly round-up of things I’ve posted in the last week. InkHaven requires that I post a blog post every day, which is a lot. Especially for people subscribed to my blog. Someone requested I spare their inbox, so I haven’t been sending out every post. So now...
I think we need to Stop AI. Specifically we need to Stop AI Now. We can’t wait around. The standard metaphor is a runaway train heading towards a cliff. Let’s work with that. We don’t know when to stop. We don’t know where the cliff is. World’s most-cited-scientist (and my...
In this post, I will try and outline the arguments for stopping AI.1 I’m not going to argue for them in detail. I’m just gonna try and get the most important points out on paper. We can fill in the details later. Why is AI so dangerous? The first thing...
It happened again… I have an idea for a project. It’s a super cool project. I’d love for it to actually happen. The only problem is… I don’t have time to do it myself, and I want credit. But I don’t see a way to get it — well, not...
It’s interesting how many professional athletes have long hair. You might think that they’d be concerned about it weighing them down. Pro sports are crazy competitive but I guess they’re not that competitive. How competitive is the race to build superintelligent AI? I don’t know, but I think a good...
A conversation I’ve heard never: Erma the enthusiast: “Sure, AI will take your job, but it doesn’t matter, because AI will make so much stuff, there will be plenty to go around.” Norma the normie: “Well, I’m convinced!” Is “post-scarcity” bullshit? Yes, yes it is. That’s today’s blog. OK, let’s...
This is going to be a nerdier article than usual. It’s a response to Anton Leicht’s blog post “Press Play To Continue”. I disagree with much of it and think it’s not very well argued. Going section-by-section, Leicht’s claims are: 1. AI is going pretty damn well all things considered....