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[See my post with Edelman on AI takeover and Aaronson on AI scenarios. This is a rough, with various fine print, caveats, and other discussions missing. Cross-posted on Windows on Theory.…| Windows On Theory
[Yet another “philosophizing” post, but one with some actual numbers. See also this follow up. –Boaz] Recently there have been many debates on “artificial general intelligence” (A…| Windows On Theory
[Crossposted on lesswrong, see here for prior posts] The following statements seem to be both important for AI safety and are not widely agreed upon. These are my opinions, not those of my employer…| Windows On Theory
One of the lessons we have seen in language modeling is the power of scale. The original GPT paper of Radford et al. noted that at some point during training, the model “acquired” the ability to do…| Windows On Theory
[Cross posted on lesswrong; see here for my prior writings ; update: 8/25/23: added a paragraph on secrecy] [it appears almost certain that in the immediate future, it would be] pos…| Windows On Theory
[Cross posted on lesswrong; see here for my prior writings] There have been several studies to estimate the timelines for artificial general intelligence (aka AGI). Ajeya Cotra wro…| Windows On Theory
Photo from National Photo Company Collection; see also (Sobel, 2017) [Cross posted in lesswrong and windows on theory see here for my prior writings]“computer, n. /kəmˈpjuːtə/. One who computes; a …| Windows On Theory