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Cross-posted from https://mybrainsthoughts.com/?p=349 With the massive degree of progress in AI over the last decade or so, it’s natural to wonder about its future - particularly the timeline to achieving human (and superhuman) levels of general intelligence. Ajeya Cotra, a senior researcher at Open Philanthropy, recently (in 2020) put together...

Cross-posted from mybrainsthoughts.com Merriam Webster: meaning \ˈmē-niŋ \ noun 1 a the thing one intends to convey especially by language b the thing that is conveyed especially by language 2 something meant or intended 3 significant quality 4 a the logical connotation of a word or phrase b the logical...

Crossposted from mybrainsthoughts.com Metals are a unique form of matter, especially with regards to their behavior under heating and cooling. While metals are described by the material they’re made of (e.g. copper or iron), their properties are determined by their arrangement of atoms, and this arrangement can vary significantly. The...

A couple hundred thousand years ago, our species reached a point where we could pass knowledge directly (through language and demonstrated action), rather than relying on adaptations to be passed on through genes. With this shift, culture was born – and it allowed us to very rapidly acquire a great...

Epistemic status: Low confidence, feel I may be missing something important about how to "put goals into" intelligent systems. In the artificial intelligence literature, it’s common to see researchers examining the question of “what is the right final goal to give an AGI”. Researchers frequently offer examples of what might...

As researchers and philosophers discuss the path towards human-equivalent / superhuman general artificial intelligence, they frequently examine the concept of control. Control of our world has always been of central importance to our species, so it’s no surprise that we’d look to extend our control in the future. However, most...

In this post, we'll examine how we might get to artificial general intelligence, and will put some thought into what this type of “superintelligence” might look like. We’ll start out by taking a step back, and looking at the most likely potential pathways by which to achieve this goal –...