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by casebash 4y ago
Just because people decide to focus their time on one issue (say AI), doesn't mean that they don't appreciate people working on other issues. Another example: I can appreciate a local soccer coach without having to believe that th
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This Changes Everything – Ezra Klein(nytimes.com)
4 points by casebash 4y ago|2 comments
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by casebash 4y ago
ChatGPT Summary: The article explores the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on society and human consciousness. The author argues that AI has the potential to transform the world in ways that are difficult to predict, and tha
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by casebash 4y ago
I actually think that open source AI will be a terrible idea for sufficiently advance AI for the same reasons that open source nukes or bioweapons would be a mistake. So I'd be very happy to see them change their name to ClosedAI.
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by casebash 4y ago
They are still dedicated towards trying to advance humanity and I think that's more important than non-profit status. (For the record, I'm uncertain whether they are net positive or not given that I am skeptical of their approach
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by casebash 4y ago
True, but the next logical step is to put these models in a standard reinforcement learning environment. See: https://sites.research.google/palm-saycan (I mean like with a proper world model and not just RLHF which they are
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by casebash 4y ago
Given that you've already updated your views recently, perhaps you'd be open to reconsidering whether AI could form an existential risk? One of the best talks (but more technical talks) I've seen on this topic is Evan Hubring
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by casebash 4y ago
Thanks, I really appreciate it!
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by casebash 4y ago
Hmm... as much as I like John Wentworth, some of his posts there are kind of rants (I expect he'd admit that), so maybe not the best first introduction?
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by casebash 4y ago
Is there any chance you could add some links to AI Safety Resources such as Joe Carlsmith's Power Seeking AI ( https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ChuABPEXmRumcJY57/... ) or Rob Miles Introduction to AI S
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by casebash 4y ago
I guess the universe is allowed to be crazy. The universe is allowed to decide the Donald Trump will be president in 2016 despite all the reasons to think it was crazy that he would become president. The universe is allowed to decide that V
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by casebash 5y ago
On one hand the author seems to make fun of the notion that language models could be dangerous. But then a few sentences down the author complains: "The company “in charge” of protecting us from harmful AIs decided to let people use a
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80000 hours: If you want to help the world tackle Covid-19, what should you do?(80000hours.org)
2 points by casebash 6y ago|1 comments
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by casebash 8y ago
What changes?
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by casebash 8y ago
Even if there are things that quantitative measurement can't capture, perhaps we could at least use it to rule out donating to some charities?
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by casebash 8y ago
Your assumption seems to be that either it is a pure emotional value judgement (like donating to a dog shelter because you felt like it) or a perfectly objective judgement (ie. meta-reviews of randomised controlled trials). Perhaps that&#x2
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by casebash 9y ago
China still scores near the top of the international maths olympiads. These competitions are designed to force you to require creativity and not just memorise formulas So even if the system doesn't produce high average creativity, it s
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by casebash 9y ago
Have you considered adding an advanced run option that doesn't obliterate the code in the REPL? In particular, it would be great update a function or class select it and press a button to run the updated version in the REPL so that you
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by casebash 9y ago
Should we be eating iodised salt as well? Or is it only important for children/pregnant women?
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by casebash 9y ago
I wouldn't say that innovation in Desktop is dead, but most of it seems to be driven by features or design patterns copied from mobile or tablet. Take for examples Windows 8 and Windows 10, Windows 8 was all about moving to an OS that
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by casebash 12y ago
"probability a non-DA will assault someone in a given encounter" - So this assumes that if someone has enough encounters that they will eventually have near 100% chance of committing assault.
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by casebash 12y ago
"probability a non-DA will assault someone in a given encounter" - so according to this model, if someone has enough sexual encounters there is a near 100% chance that they will assault someone. That's kind of dodgy.
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by casebash 12y ago
Is there any reason to complete these puzzles if your resume/contacts are strong enough to get you an interview anyway? Apart from fun, that is?
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by casebash 12y ago
I hate Twitter as well. It is occupying a place that could very easily be occupied by much better products. It's primary purpose is to hold back innovation. I'm sure some people prefer Twitter as it is and it is valid for them to
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by casebash 12y ago
Facebook's strategy to create separate apps is a good one, but Rooms seem rather niche. Facebook groups are better for many purposes since they have access to notifications and the newsfeed. Reddit probably works better for large group
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by casebash 12y ago
I think that it is strange that she is saying that there is too much focus on understanding at school. From what I could see, most people learned maths by just memorising the process. Except for a few who invested an exceptional amount of e
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Ask HN: What is a good, statistically correct primer for A/B testing?
5 points by casebash 13y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: JPEG Compression - Which tool makes the smallest files?
2 points by casebash 13y ago|1 comments
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Alternatives to HipChat
8 points by casebash 13y ago|7 comments
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Ask HN: What question and answer sites have high quality content?
1 points by casebash 13y ago|0 comments

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