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I recommend reading the letter. Many of the comments here seem to have missed that the comment of "the world is in peril" is not referring to AI, but to the larger collection of crises going on in the world. It sounds to me like someone who realized their work doesn't match their goals for their own life, and is taking action. Maybe the cynics have a point that it is an easier decision to make when you are loaded wit…
Does he know something we don't? Why specifically the "bio" kind?
Seems to be the MO around here - create and profit off of horrors beyond our wildest imaginations with no accountability and conveniently disappear before shit hits the fan. Not before writing an op-ed though.
Unfortunately, the real horrors are just the mundane uses of AI: Whitewash excuses to keep the same people out of prison, put the same people in prison, hire the same people you want to hire, and do whatever you want because the AI can do no wrong. Hint, there's no AGI here. Just stupid people who can spam you with the same stuff they used to need to pay hype men to do.
I recommend reading the letter. Many of the comments here seem to have missed that the comment of "the world is in peril" is not referring to AI, but to the larger collection of crises going on in the world. It sounds to me like someone who realized their work doesn't match their goals for their own life, and is taking action. Maybe the cynics have a point that it is an easier decision to make when you are loaded wit…
I recommend reading the letter. Many of the comments here seem to have missed that the comment of "the world is in peril" is not referring to AI, but to the larger collection of crises going on in the world. It sounds to me like someone who realized their work doesn't match their goals for their own life, and is taking action. Maybe the cynics have a point that it is an easier decision to make when you are loaded wit…
And how exactly will studying (not even writing!) poetry address these crises? It's holier-than-thou bullshit written by a guy who has only gotten feedback from soulless status-seekers who were smitten by his position at Anthropic.
Seems to be the MO around here - create and profit off of horrors beyond our wildest imaginations with no accountability and conveniently disappear before shit hits the fan. Not before writing an op-ed though.
End stage capitalism- yes is a shitshow - I am not defending tech bro culture however
> AI-assisted bioterrorism Does he know something we don't? Why specifically the "bio" kind?
I recommend reading the letter. Many of the comments here seem to have missed that the comment of "the world is in peril" is not referring to AI, but to the larger collection of crises going on in the world. It sounds to me like someone who realized their work doesn't match their goals for their own life, and is taking action. Maybe the cynics have a point that it is an easier decision to make when you are loaded wit…
And how exactly will studying (not even writing!) poetry address these crises? It's holier-than-thou bullshit written by a guy who has only gotten feedback from soulless status-seekers who were smitten by his position at Anthropic.
I recommend reading the letter. Many of the comments here seem to have missed that the comment of "the world is in peril" is not referring to AI, but to the larger collection of crises going on in the world. It sounds to me like someone who realized their work doesn't match their goals for their own life, and is taking action. Maybe the cynics have a point that it is an easier decision to make when you are loaded wit…
A recent, less ambiguous warning from insiders who are seeing the same thing: Alarmed by what companies are building with artificial intelligence models, a handful of industry insiders are calling for those opposed to the current state of affairs to undertake a mass data poisoning effort to undermine the technology. "Hinton has clearly stated the danger but we can see he is correct and the situation is escalating in…
The luddites got us the weekend and workers rights, eventually.