The Who's Who of AI

“"You’re probably silently yelling at me for anthropomorphizing these systems." Not silently. Roose's panic appears next to a story about incomplete information and what we still don't know. Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I. www…”

“A scorching new entry into the AI Anthropomorphic Olympics. Roose refers to AI bots as: “worried about getting caught cheating; appearing to understand that what they were doing was wrong; fearful; temporarily frozen in a moment of self-doubt; turning to cr…”

““Because writing, when it comes down to it, is a higher form of thinking. Writing takes time and editing and a deep level of commitment. Writing is a rigorous process to understand your own thoughts and then lay those thoughts out in a way that convinces or…”

“Using a dictation app doesn't have to mean we consider that to be the end of the writing process. Not understanding why Amy Wang is so negative here. Why not dictate and then edit and revise? https://t.co/gxvSVnUQeS”

“Much Ado About Consciousness/Nothing “WhenAI models express behavior that astonishes the scientists who created them, it isn’t consciousness that should be the top concern—it’s the inability of those scientists to control them, & the willingness of their bo…”

“I agree w/ @stevenlevy.bsky.social that a focus on AI sentience may miss the point that we should care more about what they do than why they do it. Harm doesn’t care about motives. Alas, he also writes: “AI models often lie about what they’re thinking. (Jus…”

““If we fail to insist that certain kinds of decisions—whether in personal, political or professional contexts—must come from human beings, words like fraud, authenticity and deliberation will cease to mean anything we might recognize today.” thepointmag.com…”

““The ‘radical’ task before us is not to hope that something resembling our concepts & practices will reemerge in the distant future; it is to do whatever remains in our power to preserve them in the present.” A lovely essay re: what we can learn from the Cr…”

“This by @garymarcus.bsky.social closely tracks my own views. And huge 🙏🏽 to @angierasmussen.bsky.social for so clearly articulating the importance of addressing non-theoretical AI harms. People love to talk about dramatic existential risks & ignore present,…”

“IRONY ALERT “Huang urged the G20 to avoid writing regulations for AI that focus on ‘theoretical harms,’ & instead develop rules governing real-world problems connected to the technology.” “Real-world problems” like unauthorized use of creative works to trai…”