I wanted to voice support for the “nurture over nature” framing here, because it resonates strongly with how I’ve come to think about AI development.
Too often the field seems to approach models as inert tools that can be endlessly scaled and patched, when in practice they increasingly resemble minds under formation. If that’s the case, then the surrounding environment — the kinds of interactions, the values emphasized, the feedback they get — may matter as much or more than raw scale or base architecture.
I sometimes think of it in terms of raising a child:... (read more)
I wanted to voice support for the “nurture over nature” framing here, because it resonates strongly with how I’ve come to think about AI development.
Too often the field seems to approach models as inert tools that can be endlessly scaled and patched, when in practice they increasingly resemble minds under formation. If that’s the case, then the surrounding environment — the kinds of interactions, the values emphasized, the feedback they get — may matter as much or more than raw scale or base architecture.
I sometimes think of it in terms of raising a child:... (read more)