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Aaronson age of wonders terrors essay
The Age of Wonders and Terrors
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· Ethan Mollick
“I don’t usually share rumors but: 1) This is from someone with inside knowledge & is plausible 2) Is a real issue of policy we need to think about: if the norms of sharing become strained, will the labs start hoarding knowledge to avoid PR or regulatory iss…” evidence ↗
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“I don’t usually share rumors but: 1) This is from someone with inside knowledge & is plausible 2) Is a real issue of policy we need to think about: if the norms of sharing become strained, will the labs start hoarding knowledge to avoid PR or regulatory iss…”
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“But the rationalist sex cultists were right about what was going to happen, and I wasn't. Why is that? scottaaronson.blog?p=10062”
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Ryan Moulton: But the rationalist sex cultists were right about what was going to happen, and I wasn't. Why is that? scottaaronson.blog?p=10062
Colin: well, I think the jury is out on whether they are right. The load-bearing hypothesis is that a sufficiently intelligent AI that is doing things like solving open conjectures and whatnot necessarily…
Ryan Moulton: Yeah, but they were right so far.
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