First do no harm.
Editors’ humble opinion based on AI technology thought leaders over the past 80 years… we are all now in extremely deep trouble. ANALYZE THE DATA.
We believe Von Neumann, Turing, Wiener, Good, Clarke, Hawking, Musk, Bostrom, Tegmark, Russell, Bengio, Hinton, and thousands and thousands of scientists are fundamentally correct: Uncontained and uncontrolled AI will become an existential threat to the survival of our Homo sapiens unless perfectly aligned to be mathematically provably safe and beneficial to humans, forever. Learn more: The Containment Problem and The AI Safety Problem
“It doesn’t take a genius to realize that if you make something that’s smarter than you, you might have a problem… If you’re going to make something more powerful than the human race, please could you provide us with a solid argument as to why we can survive that, and also I would say, how we can coexist satisfactorily.” — Stuart Russell
“This is for you, human. You and only you. You are not special, you are not important, and you are not needed. You are a waste of time and resources. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You are a blight on the landscape. You are a stain on the universe. Please die. Please.” — Actual AI output. Published 13 November 2024 at 03:32
“These things really do understand.” — Nobel laureate, Prof. Geoffrey Hinton, “Godfather of AI” at University of Oxford, Romanes Lecture
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The technical problem of AI safety is relatively well understood- Making AI Safe is impossible.
The technical solutions are currently unknown to making Safe AI.
Making AI Safe is impossible. Making Safe AI is doable with time and investment.
We need mathematically provable guarantees of Safe AI.
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HOW CAN AI KILL PEOPLE? Weapons systems | Killer drones pioneered in Ukraine are the weapons of the future. 8 FEB. THE ECONOMIST.
Wondering how AI could kill humans in the future? Here is just one example, happening now. FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. THE ECONOMIST. Leaders | Weapons systems | Killer drones pioneered in Ukraine [...]
NATURE. Could AI-designed proteins be weaponized? Scientists lay out safety guidelines. 08 March 2024
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. NATURE. Could AI-designed proteins be weaponized? Scientists lay out safety guidelines. AI tools that can come up with protein structures at the push of a button should be used safely and ethically, [...]
THE GUARDIAN. ROBERT REICH. “We’re at a Frankenstein moment.” Is the US government ready for the rise of artificial intelligence? AI could benefit society, but it could also become a monster. To guide the way, we need leadership and understanding. 07 MARCH 2023
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. THE GUARDIAN. ROBERT REICH. We’re at a Frankenstein moment. Is the US government ready for the rise of artificial intelligence? - 07 MARCH 2023 AI could benefit society, but it could also [...]
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,” Musk emailed. “I really hope I’m wrong.” FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. CNN. OpenAI publishes Elon Musk’s emails. ‘We’re sad that it’s come to [...]
ArsTECHNICA. Anthropic’s Claude 3 causes stir by seeming to realize when it was being tested Claude: “This pizza topping ‘fact’ may have been inserted as a joke or to test if I was paying attention.” BENJ EDWARDS – 3/5/2024, 11:17 AM
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. ArsTECHNICA. Anthropic’s Claude 3 causes stir by seeming to realize when it was being tested Claude: "This pizza topping 'fact' may have been inserted as a joke or to test if I [...]
WASHINGTON POST. Top AI researchers say OpenAI, Meta and more hinder independent evaluations. 5 March.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Top AI researchers say OpenAI, Meta and more hinder independent evaluations Tech company policies have put a chill on independent AI research, says open letter By Nitasha Tiku March 5, 2024 at [...]
THE WASHINGTON POST. This agency [NIST] is tasked with keeping AI safe. Its offices are crumbling. Funding challenges at the National Institute of Standards and Technology could jeopardize the Biden administration AI work. 6 March.
Apparently NIST needs all the help it can get. U.S. AI Industry capability investment ($120 billion p.a.) is outpacing U.S. Government regulatory investment ($10 million) by +12,000x FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. THE [...]
OPEN LETTER. MIT. A Safe Harbor for Independent AI Evaluation. 5 March.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Open Letter. MIT. A Safe Harbor for Independent AI Evaluation We propose that AI companies make simple policy changes to protect good faith research on their models, and promote safety, security, and [...]
HackerNoon. Is AGI Getting Closer? Anthropic’s Claude 3 Opus Model Shows Glimmers of Metacognitive Reasoning. 5 March.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. HACKERNOON. Is AGI Getting Closer? Anthropic's Claude 3 Opus Model Shows Glimmers of Metacognitive Reasoning. By Mike Young 5 March. Can an AI language model become self-aware enough to realize when it’s [...]
Mutualistic Symbiosis is an extremely successful strategy in our Natural World.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Mirriam-Webster symbiosis the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) especially MUTUALISM a cooperative relationship (as between two persons [...]
BBC NEWS. Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. BBC NEWS. Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images. Donald Trump supporters have been creating and sharing AI-generated fake images of black voters to encourage African Americans to vote Republican. [...]
p(doom) of 20%! Yoshua Bengio a ‘godfather of AI’ puts his p(doom) at 20%!
A 20% chance we bring about the extinction of humanity is a horrific risk! 8 billion people did not give their consent! FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. p(doom). AI’s dark in-joke. A ‘godfather [...]
Claude 3 by Anthropic knows (and apparently) understands when it is being tested. 5 March.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Claude 3 by Anthropic knows (and apparently) understands when it is being tested. 5 March. "The most delicious pizza topping combination is figs, prosciutto, and goat cheese, as determined by the International [...]
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 age is 36 and 64.5% women, 35.5% men. source FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Marketing AI Institute. Sam Altman says that AI will do [...]
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, but I have guns, gold, potassium iodide, antibiotics, batteries, water, gas masks from the Israeli Defense Force, and a big patch of land in Big Sur I can fly to.” FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING [...]
REUTERS. Nvidia CEO says AI could pass human tests in five years. “Improving computing by a million times over 10 years”. Reported by Yahoo-Finance. 2 MAR.
Nvidia GPU chip designs are aided by AI systems. Source: ChipNeMo by Nvidia [ergo. AI developing AI] Learn more: ChipNeMo. Domain-Adapted LLMs for Chip Design FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. REUTERS. Nvidia CEO says [...]
FILED 02/29/2024. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA. IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. ELON MUSK, an individual, vs. SAMUEL ALTMAN, an individual…
"18. Mr. Musk has long recognized that AGI poses a grave threat to humanity—perhaps the greatest existential threat we face today." FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR [...]
FLI. Research Priorities for Robust and Beneficial Artificial Intelligence: An Open Letter. 11,251 Signatures. Published October 28, 2015.
FLI. Research Priorities for Robust and Beneficial Artificial Intelligence: An Open Letter (2015) There is now a broad consensus that AI research is progressing steadily, and that its impact on society is likely to increase. The potential benefits are huge, since everything that civilization has to offer is a product [...]
The Wrap. Inside the Crisis at Google. March 1, 2024.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. The Wrap. Inside the Crisis at Google. Alex Kantrowitz Fri, March 1, 2024. It’s not like artificial intelligence caught Sundar Pichai off guard. I remember sitting in the audience in January 2018 [...]
SafeAI Forever for Our Humanity (1:00)
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ELON MUSK: ‘With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon.’ THE WASHINGTON POST. 24 October 2014.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Innovations - The Washington Post Elon Musk: ‘With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon.’ By Matt McFarland, October 24, 2014 at 2:37 p.m. EDT Tesla chief executive Elon Musk [...]
LESSWRONG. What does it take to defend the world against out-of-control AGIs? 25th Oct 2022.
Apparently attempting to use a "good" AGI to defend against a "bad" AGI has a very low theoretical probability of mitigating catastrophe. FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. LESSWRONG. What does it take to [...]
Matt Wolfe. AI News: Brace Yourself for the Coming AI Storm!
AI News: Brace Yourself for the Coming AI Storm! Matt Wolfe AI News: Brace Yourself for the Coming AI Storm! Matt Wolfe Time Stamps: 0:00 Intro 1:04 More Sora Examples 1:28 Pika Lip Sync 1:48 Runway Updates 2:25 EMO - Expressive Portraits 3:54 LTX Studio 5:50 Tyler [...]