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New AI field signal Signal 3h ago

Ezra klein podcast jensen huang

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“Also notable about the recent vibe shift in AI is that it has made Jensen Huang – a plainly motivated CEO of the world's largest company, familiar sort of capitalist, and someone with a legible perspective on the industry surrounding him — sound like a here…”

Developing AI field signal Signal 1d ago

Machine god metaphors eat your brain

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“www.programmablemutter.com/p/machine-go... what it says on the package”

“Excellent @himself.bsky.social post here, scratching at some of the overbearing tendencies — sometimes subtle and unintentional, sometimes open — in AI discourse www.programmablemutter.com/p/machine-go...”

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Henry Farrell: www.programmablemutter.com/p/machine-go... what it says on the package
Henry Farrell: Builds on stodgier academic work here - www.science.org/stoken/autho... - this, by Roberts et al, is also very interesting on language and LLMs albeit much more political www.nature.com/articles/s4…
Henry Farrell: yes - it seems more on target than my piece for getting students talking and thinking about the practical consequences.
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AI safety Berkeley cult critique essay

AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult In Berkeley, California

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““Everyone is polyamorous, everyone attends the same events, everyone lives in group homes together, everyone venerates the same few ppl, everyone is very worried about AI doom, and a lot of ppl are on psychedelic drugs. They’re all contrarian together. Lots…”

“this, from @segyges.bsky.social's AI safety kamikaze post, is a specific example of a feeling shared by lot of people who have engaged with wild ideas about superintelligence (in fiction, at university, etc) but not committed their lives to them www.verysan…”

Developing AI field signal Analysis 2d ago
AI assistant market competition essay

The AI Assistant Wars Are Coming

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“I wouldn't push this comparison too far, but the way Meta Muse tries to circumvent basic website protections isn't *entirely* different from the descriptions of recent AI hacking incidents nymag.com/intelligence...”