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Expectations Some people think that we’re on the cusp of a singularity. Others think machine learning is about to hit fundamental limits. Given the…
Zoom out “God is watching us”, sayeth the poet “from a distance”. From a distance- abstracted away from abstract concepts of law and justice which seem…
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1. The simulation argument for GPT-X temporarily creating agents You should treat GPT well because it might have a mind, or rather, it might generate…
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There is no fact of the matter about what GPT-4 knows and doesn’t know. A question asked one way can evoke a wrong response, when that same question is…
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If anyone with a background in this sort of analysis wants to work with me to make a detailed cost-benefit analysis of incarceration a reality, get in…
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I fear they will not be kind to us For years intellectuals in the working class turned a blind eye to the struggles of manual laborers of the working…
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As with all my blog posts, these are only very preliminary thoughts. I worry perhaps their scope gives them a sense of self-seriousness I don’t intend…
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