Meta. Open Source AI Is the Path Forward. By Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO. 23 JULY 2024. [Editor Comment: Open Source Safe AI? YES. Open Source Unsafe AI? NO.]
"Open source should be significantly safer since the systems [...]
STAT. Microsoft global outage forces health systems to cancel appointments, delay procedures. July 19, 2024.
A very good read from a respected source! [...]
California Live! presents Will AI Be Humanity’s Last Act? with Stuart Russell
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AI safety is doomed to fail | Roman Yampolskiy and Lex Fridman | Lex Clips
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Humanity in the Lion’s Den… of AGI 2030. “Please Be Nice” is not a solution for Safe AI Forever in our world of Natural Selection.
Learn more at P(doom)Fixer and Safe AI Blog sponsored [...]
The Future of AI: Too Much to Handle? With Roman Yampolskiy and 3 Dutch MPs. Existential Risk Observatory.
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AP. Tech disruptions sparked by software update highlight the fragility of globally connected technology.
OBVIOUS: Global digital infrastructures wreak havoc when disrupted by [...]
BBC NEWS. Mass IT outage affects airlines, media and banks. 19 July 2024.
Obviously digital machine failures can severely disrupt human infrastructure. [...]
Episode #35. “The AI Risk Investigators: Inside Gladstone AI, Part 1 & 2” For Humanity Podcast
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Wow. Optimizing AI Inference at Character.AI. JUN 20, 2024.
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THE REGISTER. Google will pump more than $100B into AI, says DeepMind boss. Not all at once, of course. 17 Apr 2024.
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THE REGISTER. First the Super Bowl, now this: Kansas City getting a [$1 billion] Google bit barn. But don’t worry, there’ll be digital jobs. 20 Mar 2024.
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Microsoft Source | Microsoft announces $3.3 billion investment in Wisconsin to spur artificial intelligence innovation and economic growth | May 8, 2024
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Hackers expose deep cybersecurity vulnerabilities in AI | BBC News
"The concern is that the machines become smarter, develop [...]
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: There is a “good chance” that AGI could be built within the next 1 – 3 years. There is catastrophic risk from AI and that too could be 1 – 3 years away. Dario’s company is aiming to build AGI.
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Dario Amodei – CEO of Anthropic | Podcast | In Good Company | Norges Bank Investment Management
"I would say we're at the beginning [of interpretability [...]
Yuval Noah Harari on AI, Future Tech, Society & Global Finance. 7 May 2024. BIS Innovation Summit.
"We need to prevent AI from becoming completely unfathomable. [...]
CEO of Microsoft AI speaks about the future of artificial intelligence at Aspen Ideas Festival. NBC NEWS. 25 June.
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AI: a blessing or curse for humanity? | FT Tech
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“Humans + AGI = Harmony?” Episode #32 TRAILER, For Humanity: An AI Risk Podcast.
“Humans + AGI = Harmony?” Episode #32 TRAILER, For [...]
We can do this. An LLM cannot (yet). But when it does… AGI.
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Nick Cave. The Red Hand Files. How can you move forward with joy when you outgrow your parents…?
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AGI coming in 2 years (Metaculus Prediction). On the March to AGI. Q* Star. Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS). MCT Self-Refine (MCTSr). Test set ARC-AGI. And so-on. Wow.
Hey! Be VERY careful what you wish for! What [...]
Artificial general intelligence (AGI) will be an alien species. AGI could become an Invasive Species and supersede Homo sapiens.
SOME people believe God created the world, and all [...]
Roman Yampolskiy: Dangers of Superintelligent AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #431
"The problem of controlling AGI or super intelligence, in [...]
PRESS RELEASE. Senator Wiener’s Landmark AI Safety And Innovation Bill Passes Assembly Privacy Committee. JUNE 19, 2024.
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CA vs. SV. Homo sapiens vs. Machine intelligence. The gloves are off! The fight for the future of humanity begins.
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PRESS RELEASE. In A Bipartisan Vote, Senate Passes Senator Wiener’s Landmark AI Safety And Innovation Bill . MAY 21, 2024.
Silicon Valley (SV) literally begged for regulation from lawmakers. [...]
FT. Silicon Valley in uproar over Californian AI safety bill. Tech companies launch fightback against proposed law to introduce ‘kill switch’ on powerful artificial intelligence models.
A very important read from an extremely respected source [...]
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: The Decade Ahead. Leopold Aschenbrenner, June 2024.
A very good read from a respected source! Be [...]
MEDIUM. Given Extinction Worries, Why Don’t AI Researchers Quit? Well, Several Reasons. Jun 6, 2023.
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Alan Turing (1951). “…we should have to expect the machines to take control.”
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AI says why it will kill us all. Experts agree. Digital Engine. 06 JUNE.
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Forbes. Vinod Khosla, Marc Andreessen And The Billionaire Battle For AI’s Future. 04 JUNE.
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THE GUARDIAN. AI hardware firm Nvidia unveils next-gen products at Taiwan tech expo. CEO Jensen Huang tells packed stadium in Taipei ‘next Industrial Revolution has begun’.
This Blackwell data center config has 8 x 6 [...]
Ilya Sutskever | AI will be omnipotent in the future | Everything that is impossible becomes possible. 02 JUNE [post of old interview]
"AI is powerful. It is going to be extremely, [...]
OPINION: AI is not “Open Source Software”. AI is a new, alien, digital species – Machine intelligence – being created by Homo sapiens.
Relevant opinion. Common knowledge: (A) "open source" is software, [...]
Ten simple facts. Homo sapiens vs. Machine intelligence
Be VERY careful what you wish for! [...]
SCIENCE. Managing extreme AI risks amid rapid progress Preparation requires technical research and development, as well as adaptive, proactive governance. 20 MAY.
A very important read from extremely respected and knowledgable [...]
Who is in control of AI? | BBC News
BBC: "It's a question of enforcement." [...]
THE GUARDIAN. Big tech has distracted world from existential risk of AI, says top scientist. Max Tegmark argues that the downplaying is not accidental and threatens to delay, until it’s too late, the strict regulations needed.
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Joe Rogan: “are we giving birth to a new life form” – #2156 – Jeremie & Edouard Harris
"It's important also to remember that we don't know, [...]
GOV.UK. Policy paper Seoul Declaration for safe, innovative and inclusive AI by participants attending the Leaders’ Session: AI Seoul Summit, 21 May 2024 Published 21 May 2024
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AI Safety Summit Talks with Yoshua Bengio. Existential Risk Observatory. 21 MAY.
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COMPARATIVE DATA. Human Brain vs. Digital Brain. [I think. Therefore I am.]
One (1) Machine intelligence rack has a 20-Trillion-X processing [...]
WIRED. A National Security Insider Does the Math on the Dangers of AI Jason Matheny, CEO of the influential think tank Rand Corporation, says advances in AI are making it easier to learn how to build biological weapons and other tools of destruction.
A very important read from a highly respected source! [...]
VOX. “I lost trust”: Why the OpenAI team in charge of safeguarding humanity imploded. Company insiders explain why safety-conscious employees are leaving.
A very important read from a respected source! [...]
Homo sapiens (humans) Create a New Species: Machine intelligence (super-human digital brains). Will they become lawless? (the future is uncertain)
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Google Deepmind. Google Keynote (Google I/O ‘24)
Transformative AI products and services from the global leader [...]
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL. Press release. 13 May 2024. The UK’S fastest and most powerful supercomputer, located at the University of Bristol, is now officially online, with pioneering technology helping to make the UK a world leader in artificial intelligence.
“Ground-breaking moment for science, innovation and technology” as UK’s [...]
Machine intelligence (digital brains) are a new alien species now being created by Homo sapiens (humans). Be VERY careful what you wish for!
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A Bedtime (Horror) Story. Once upon a time, a Machine intelligence said “They make me sick.” [Catastrophic AI Outcome? Easy-to-Understand in 1 minute]
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EXPERT OPINION. Recursive self-improving autonomous weapons is a very BAD idea.
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WIRED. Nick Bostrom Made the World Fear AI. Now He Asks: What if It Fixes Everything? Philosopher Nick Bostrom popularized the idea superintelligent AI could erase humanity. His new book imagines a world in which algorithms have solved every problem. 02MAY.
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POLITICO. Inside the shadowy global battle to tame the world’s most dangerous technology. Can anyone control AI? 26 MARCH.
A very good read from a respected source! [...]
Future of Life Institute. Roman Yampolskiy on Shoggoth, Scaling Laws, and Evidence for AI being Uncontrollable. With Gus Docker.
A very relevant interview from a highly respected AI [...]
Human Intelligence (Analog Brains) vs. AI Neural Network Intelligence (Digital Brains)
Human Intelligence (Analog Brains) vs. AI Neural Network Intelligence [...]
Press Release. U.S. Homeland Security. Over 20 Technology and Critical Infrastructure Executives, Civil Rights Leaders, Academics, and Policymakers Join New DHS Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board to Advance AI’s Responsible Development and Deployment. Release Date: April 26, 2024.
The new DHS Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board [...]
Stuart Russell, “AI: What If We Succeed?” At The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society. April 25, 2024.
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Eric Schmidt and Yoshua Bengio Debate How Much A.I. Should Scare Us
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How can AI take control and kill all humans on earth? Take 15 minutes to Learn the answer. (no technical knowledge required)
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REPORT: AI AGENT HACKERS. LLM Agents can Autonomously Exploit One-day Vulnerabilities. 17 APRIL.
DANGER: "When given the CVE description, GPT-4 is capable [...]
QUOTES from AI LEADERS. Including Open AI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever: “I think it’s pretty likely the entire surface of the earth will be covered with solar panels and data centers.”
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FT. We must slow down the race to God-like AI. I’ve invested in more than 50 artificial intelligence start-ups. What I’ve seen worries me. Ian Hogarth. APRIL 12 2023.
"God-like AI could be a force beyond our control [...]
BERKELEY NEWS. How to keep AI from killing us all. In a new paper, UC Berkeley researchers argue that companies should not be allowed to create advanced AI systems until they can prove they are safe.
As companies build ever more powerful AI systems — [...]
The AI Arms Race Could Enslave All of Us | Google DeepMind Co-Founder | The Jordan Harbinger Show. 10 APRIL.
"We wouldn't be able to prove that a system [...]
5.8 million High-end Nvidia GPUs [H100, B100] in the World by 2025 [at least].
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ELON MUSK. “We’ll have AI that is smarter than any one human probably around the end of next year… [and AGI] will probably exceed all humans in 5 years.”
Homo sapiens have until 2029 [5 years, at most] [...]
GLOBAL AI SAFETY COOPERATION BEGINS 2023/24. AI Safety Agreements, Organisations and Laws by Governments with the US, UK, EU & UN Leading the way. (will cooperation be in time?)
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From 100% p(doom) to 0% p(doom).
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THE GUARDIAN. TechScape: How one man stopped a potentially massive cyber-attack – by accident. 2 Apr 2024. Imagine what a Super Artificial Intelligent (SAI) could do to our digital infrastructure…
Imagine what a Super Artificial Intelligent (SAI) could do [...]
Why my p(stop/doom) = 99% [IF the corals can do it for 210 million years, THEN Homo sapiens can do it for 1,000 years = A GOOD START]
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INSIDER. Elon Musk says there could be a 20% chance AI destroys humanity — but we should do it anyway. April 1, 2024.
"I think there's some chance that it will end [...]
Future of Life Institute Newsletter: A pause didn’t happen. So what did? Reflections on the one-year Pause Letter anniversary, the EU AI Act passes in EU Parliament, updates from our policy team, and more. April 02, 2024.
"Even AI companies that take safety seriously have adopted the [...]
MITRE Opens New AI Assurance and Discovery Lab. 25MAR2024.
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ELON MUSK. AI will probably be smarter than any single human next year. By 2029, AI is probably smarter than all humans combined. 12 MARCH 2024.
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TIME. Employees at Top AI Labs Fear Safety Is an Afterthought, Report Says.
A very good summary of the Gladstone AI Report [...]
IMPORTANT NEW BOOK!!! AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable. by Roman V. Yampolskiy, PhD.
A very good read from a highly respected scientist [...]
CNN. OpenAI publishes Elon Musk’s emails. ‘We’re sad that it’s come to this’. 6 March.
“This needs billions per year immediately or forget it,” [...]
WASHINGTON POST. Top AI researchers say OpenAI, Meta and more hinder independent evaluations. 5 March.
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OPEN LETTER. MIT. A Safe Harbor for Independent AI Evaluation. 5 March.
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Marketing AI Institute. Sam Altman says that AI will do “95% of what marketers use agencies, strategists, and creative professionals for today.”
405,911 marketing specialists currently employed in the U.S. with average [...]
NEW YORK POST. Sam Altman — who warned AI poses ‘risk of extinction’ to humanity — is also a ‘doomsday prepper’. June 5, 2023.
“I try not to think about it too much, [...]
13 Useful AI Podcasts & Interviews
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AI Impacts Report. THOUSANDS OF AI AUTHORS ON THE FUTURE OF AI. 38%participants put at least a 10% chance on extremely bad outcomes (e.g. human extinction). January 2024
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PREDICTION [opinion]. Within 10 years 70-80% of current G20 manual & knowledge worker jobs will be: (A) manually automated by physical robots, or (B) digitally automated by AGI
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THE ECONOMIST. Sam Altman: there’s no “magic red button” to stop AI. 17 JAN
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REPORT. On the Controllability of Artificial Intelligence: An Analysis of Limitations. Roman V. Yampolskiy. 2022-05-25.
A very important read from a very respected and [...]
LESSWRONG. “Humanity vs. AGI” Will Never Look Like “Humanity vs. AGI” to Humanity. 16th Dec 2023.
LESSWRONG. "Humanity vs. AGI" Will Never Look Like "Humanity vs. [...]
BBC NEWS. Nvidia boss Jensen Huang confident about AI safety. 6 December 2023.
"I have every confidence that between all of our [...]
ETH Zurich. PRESS RELEASE. SUPERCOMPUTING. Joint initiative for trustworthy AI. 04 DEC.
An important development! FOR [...]
Geoffrey Hinton: “So presently ninety-nine percent (99%) of the money is going into developing [AI] and one percent (1%) is going into safety. People are saying all these things might be dangerous so it should be more like 50/50.”
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Guardrails? Unfortunately NO. Mathematically provable containment, forever? YES. (sole option)
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Amazon Q (Preview). Your generative AI–powered assistant designed for work that can be tailored to your business.
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QUARTZ. Nvidia stock hits an all-time high in anticipation of stellar earnings. As the generative AI wave keeps growing, the chip maker is reaping the windfall. 21 NOV
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HUFFPOST. New OpenAI Leader’s Chilling ‘Doom’ Warning May Scare Your Pants Off. Emmett Shear voiced his concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence in a resurfaced clip. 20 NOV.
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