Gemini: Google’s newest and most capable AI model.
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The Transformative Potential of AGI — and When It Might Arrive | Shane Legg and Chris Anderson | TED
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THE NEW YORK TIMES. Silicon Valley Confronts a Grim New A.I. Metric. Where do you fall on the doom scale — is artificial intelligence a threat to humankind? And if so, how high is the risk?
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BUSINESS INSIDER. Yeah, it was about money: “[The letter] was an audacious bluff and most staffers had no real interest in working for Microsoft.” “Many OpenAI employees “felt pressured” to sign the open letter.”
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THE NEW YORK TIMES. How Nations Are Losing a Global Race to Tackle A.I.’s Harms. Alarmed by the power of artificial intelligence, Europe, the United States and others are trying to respond — but the technology is evolving more rapidly than their policies. 06 DEC.
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BBC NEWS. Nvidia boss Jensen Huang confident about AI safety. 6 December 2023.
"I have every confidence that between all of our [...]
arXiv. Large Language Models on Graphs: A Comprehensive Survey. 05 DEC.
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The AI Alliance (IBM and Meta)
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META. AI Alliance Launches as an International Community of Leading Technology Developers, Researchers, and Adopters Collaborating Together to Advance Open, Safe, Responsible AI. December 4, 2023
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ETH Zurich. PRESS RELEASE. SUPERCOMPUTING. Joint initiative for trustworthy AI. 04 DEC.
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STEVE OMOHUNDRO. PROVABLY SAFE AGI – MIT MECHANISTIC INTERPRETABILITY CONFERENCE – MAY 7, 2023
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TOP-20 AGI Problems and TOP-20 Known AGI Mathematically Provable Containment and Control Solutions (alphabetical). Source. LESSWRONG
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AI ALIGNMENT FORUM. An Important RESOURCE aligned with LESSWRONG.
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INTERVIEW. Jensen Huang of Nvidia on the Future of A.I. | DealBook Summit 2023
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LESSWRONG. Instrumental Convergence. Omohundro. Bostrom. References.
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Digital Engine. No, this angry AI isn’t fake (see comment), w Elon Musk. 09 OCT 2022
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CNN. ‘Godfather of AI’ warns that AI may figure out how to kill people. 03 MAY.
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UnHerd. Nick Bostrom: How AI will lead to tyranny. 10 NOV.
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Quanta Magazine. P vs. NP: The Biggest Puzzle in Computer Science
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Steve Omohundro on Provably Safe AGI. Future of Life Institute
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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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Stanford HAI. How Well Do Large Language Models Support Clinician Information Needs? Stanford experts examine the safety and accuracy of GPT-4 in serving curbside consultation needs of doctors. Mar 31, 2023.
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NATURE. Scaling deep learning for materials discovery. Google Deepmind. 29 NOV.
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NATURE. Learning few-shot imitation as cultural transmission. Google Deepmind.
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P(doom). You may not like it, but this is what peak rationality looks like… from a forecasting expert.
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How to Keep AI Under Control | Max Tegmark | TED
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Teach AI like we teach our children. (But, AI must be contained always and forever.) Sponsored by SafeAI Forever.
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FT. OpenAI and the rift at the heart of Silicon Valley. The tech industry is divided over how best to develop AI, and whether it’s possible to balance safety with the pursuit of profits. 24 NOV.
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NATURE. NEWS EXPLAINER. What the OpenAI drama means for AI progress — and safety. A debacle at the company that built ChatGPT highlights concern that commercial forces are acting against the responsible development of artificial-intelligence systems. 23 November 2023.
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BUSINESS INSIDER. Some OpenAI engineers make as much as $800,000 and were key players in Sam Altman’s return. 23 NOV.
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THE GUARDIAN. The OpenAI meltdown will only accelerate the artificial intelligence race. Optimists and ‘doomers’ are fighting over the direction of AI research – and those who want speed may have won this round. 22 NOV.
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CNBC. Sam Altman’s back. Here’s who’s on the new OpenAI board and who’s out. 22 NOV.
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DAILY MAIL. Disgruntled OpenAI workers who left BEFORE Sam Altman’s brief ouster claim they were ‘pushed out’ to transition it to a for-profit model. A letter allegedly written by former OpenAI employees details ‘dishonest’ and ‘manipulative’ leadership by Altman and president Greg Brockman. The letter coincides with Altman’s reinstatement to the company five daysafter his shock ousting.
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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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702 (100%) employees at OpenAI send a letter to the board requesting them to resign or else… 100% of OpenAI staff threaten to quit and go to Microsoft unless Altman is reinstated. 20 NOV.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES. OpenAI Staff Threatens Exodus, Jeopardizing Company’s Future. A board member who was part of Sam Altman’s ouster as chief executive joined a majority of the company’s staff in calling for the decision’s reversal. 20 NOV.
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POLITICO. Power grab by France, Germany and Italy threatens to kill EU’s AI bill. Landmark law hangs in the balance as big countries drag their feet on advanced AI rules. 20 NOV.
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“Digital Brains”. The Exciting, Perilous Journey Toward AGI | Ilya Sutskever | TED (Recorded October 17, 2023)
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (at Microsoft’s Ignite): “Generative AI is the single most significant platform transition in computing history….In the last 40 years, nothing has been this big. It’s bigger than PC, it’s bigger than mobile, and it’s gonna be bigger than the internet, by far.”
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THE GUARDIAN. Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Tech company creates advanced new artificial intelligence team as Twitch’s Emmett Shear joins OpenAI. 20 NOV.
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THE WASHINGTON POST. OpenAI stands by its ouster of Sam Altman. Emmett Shear named interim CEO. Talks to renegotiate Altman’s return Sunday broke down despite pressure by employees and investors to reinstate him.
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FORTUNE. Who is Ilya Sutskever, the man at the center of OpenAI’s leadership shakeup—and why is he so worried about AI superintelligence going rogue? 18 NOV.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES. The Fear and Tension That Led to Sam Altman’s Ouster at OpenAI. The departure of the high-profile boss of the San Francisco company drew attention to a philosophical rift among the people building new A.I. systems. 18 NOV.
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Silicon Valley Boardroom Coup Leads to Ouster of an AI Champion. Safety and commercialization were central to disagreements. Microsoft CEO was ‘blindsided,’ furious at Altman’s firing
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The Interpretability Problem: For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast Episode #3
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Don’t Look Up – The Documentary: The Case For AI As An Existential Threat
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Managing AI Risks in an Era of Rapid Progress. Russell, Bengio et al. 12 NOV23.
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The Dark Side of Competition in AI | Liv Boeree | TED. “Don’t hate the players. Change the game.”
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GATES NOTES. THE FUTURE OF AGENTS. AI is about to completely change how you use computers And upend the software industry. By Bill Gates | November 09, 2023
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Yuval Noah Harari | Lex Fridman Podcast #390 | “There are two things that every person should know about AI.”
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Inc. Technology. Anthropic’s Pitch to Produce Safe A.I. The company wants to make generative A.I. safe for customers and communities — not just investors. 8 NOV.
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THE GUARDIAN. TechScape: Why Sunak’s ‘vanity jamboree’ on AI safety was actually … a success. Against the odds, world leaders agreed on a landmark declaration to bring stronger oversight to AI.
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Announcing Grok
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INTERVIEW. Rishi Sunak @RishiSunak My conversation with @elonmusk
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NATURE. The world’s week on AI safety: powerful computing efforts launched to boost research UK and US governments establish efforts to democratize access to supercomputers that will aid studies on AI systems. 03 NOV 2023.
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GOV UK. Policy paper. Introducing the AI Safety Institute. 02 November 2023
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GOV UK. Policy paper. Safety Testing: Chair’s Statement of Session Outcomes, 2 November 2023.
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THE GUARDIAN. Ilya: the AI scientist shaping the world.
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No Priors Ep. 39 | With OpenAI Co-Founder & Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever. 02 NOV.
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GOV UK. Press release. Prime Minister launches new AI Safety Institute. World’s first AI Safety Institute launched in UK, tasked with testing the safety of emerging types of AI. 02 NOV 2023.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES. Global Leaders Warn A.I. Could Cause ‘Catastrophic’ Harm At a U.K. summit, 28 governments, including China and the U.S., signed a declaration agreeing to cooperate on evaluating the risks of artificial intelligence. 01 NOV 2023.
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GOV UK. Press release. Nations and AI experts convene for day one of first global AI Safety Summit Leading AI nations, organisations and experts meet at Bletchley Park today to discuss the global future of AI and work towards a shared understanding of risks. 01 NOV 2023.
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AI Summit at Bletchley Park, UK. Elon Musk: ‘AI is one of the the biggest threats to humanity’. 01 NOV 2023.
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GOV UK. Guidance AI Safety Summit: confirmed attendees (governments and organisations) Updated 31 October 2023.
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FLI recommendations for the UK Global AI Safety Summit Bletchley Park, 1-2 November 2023
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Existential Risk Observatory. AI Summit Talks featuring Professor Stuart Russell. 31 OCT 2023.
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GOV UK. Independent report. Frontier AI Taskforce: second progress report. 30 October 2023
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Existential Risk Observatory. Reducing human extinction risks by informing the public debate.
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MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW. Rogue superintelligence and merging with machines: Inside the mind of OpenAI’s chief scientist. An exclusive conversation with Ilya Sutskever on his fears for the future of AI and why they’ve made him change the focus of his life’s work. 26 OCT.
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MIT Technology Review. Exclusive: Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s chief scientist, on his hopes and fears for the future of AI “It’s going to be monumental, earth-shattering. There will be a before and an after.” October 26, 2023.
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THE GUARDIAN. Humanity at risk from AI ‘race to the bottom’, says tech expert. MIT professor behind influential letter says unchecked development is allowing a few AI firms to jeopardise society’s future.
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OpenAI’s Approach to Frontier Risk. An Update for the UK AI Safety Summit. October 26, 2023.
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Anthony Aguirre . Close the Gates to an Inhuman Future: How and why we should choose to not develop superhuman general-purpose artificial intelligence. October 22, 2023
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REPORT. DecodingTrust. Comprehensive Assessment of Trustworthiness in GPT Models.
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Superintelligence (2014) bestseller by Nick Bostrom with Book Reviews [and 4 possible methods to Control Superintelligence]
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What is P(doom)? P(doom) is the percentage chance that AI scientists think AI is going to wipe out all of humanity. This is what Bing and ChatGPT and Leading AI Researchers say about P(doom).
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BBC HARDtalk. Professor of Computer Science at University of California, Berkeley – Stuart Russell. 14 OCT 2023.
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OpenAI Alignment Team Lead: Jan Leike ‘s P(doom) is, like, 10-90%.
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POLICY BRIEF. How to Govern AI in and Age of Global Tension. Boston Global Forum Special Report, The Rīga Conference 2023.
POLICY BRIEF. How to Govern AI in and Age of [...]
Existential Risk Observatory. Does interpretability change everything? 07 OCT 2023.
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My views on “doom”. Paul Christiano. AI Alignment. 3 min read. 27 APRIL
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Future of Life Institute Newsletter: Our Pause Letter, Six Months Later. October 01, 2023
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. – Carl Sagan. No evidence here. None whatsoever… “Don’t Fear the Terminator”
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VOX. The $1 billion gamble to ensure AI doesn’t destroy humanity. The founders of Anthropic quit OpenAI to make a safe AI company. It’s easier said than done. 25 SEPT.
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Google Deepmind. Personality Traits in Large Language Models. 21 SEPT.
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THE GUARDIAN. AI-focused tech firms locked in ‘race to the bottom’, warns MIT Physics Professor Max Tegmark. 21 SEPT 2023.
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OpenAI Red Teaming Network. OpenAI Announces an open call for the OpenAI Red Teaming Network and invites domain experts interested in improving the safety of OpenAI’s models to join the efforts. 19 SEPT 2023.
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ETH Zurich. Fast Feedforward Networks. FFFs are up to 220x faster than feedforward networks. 18 SEPT.
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CBS. 60 MINUTES. “Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton: The 60 Minutes Interview. 09 OCT 2023.
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GOV UK. Press release. Bristol set to host UK’s most powerful supercomputer to turbocharge AI innovation. A new supercomputer set is to be built in Bristol, in a move to drive pioneering AI research and innovation in the UK. 13 September 2023
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BBC HARDtalk. Mustafa Suleyman. CEO of Inflection AI Stephen Sackur speaks to Mustafa Suleyman, British pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence and a leading voice in a debate which matters to all of us. 12 SEPT 2023.
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OpenAI’s massive push to make superintelligence safe | Jan Leike
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