@DarioAmodei proposes “Pacing the frontier” and @sama, @elonmusk and @demishassabis immediately agree. Could this be the oligopolies finally acknowledging that they can’t afford to keep spending at the same pace ?
We Must Pace the Frontier: I’ve written a new essay on why the AI industry should slow down, with a three-part plan for doing so.
Anthropic is unilaterally committing to the first of these steps. We’ll provide third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our
All the AI labs are peddling something similar: ”we’re building a god-like system that will eat all knowledge work.”
One piece of advice I’d give to app-layer founders:
Labs have an incentive to tell a maximalist story where raw intelligence is all that matters.
Today, the
9/11 was a turning point for many of us. Despite growing up in India, Sudan and Nigeria, all of which are hotbeds of terrorism, 9/11 was different for me. It felt personal, it made me more “American” and it made me really angry with respect to terrorism/terrorism. When I look
Kudos to @gargi_kand & @darrenmarble for organizing a great event. @JoshConstine : Why does one need to hire painters, cellists, poets or sculptors to make an event tasteful? Why generalize your opinions/preferences ?
Hire painters. Hire cellists. Hire poets. Hire sculptors.
Your tech event doesn’t have to be tasteless. Props to @gargi_kand & @darrenmarble for this one.
