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Reaction converging Models Don't Go Rogue Concern & critique · 3 attributable reactions
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models don't go rogue essay

Models Don't Go Rogue

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 3 attributable expert contributions · Benjamin Riley, Elke Schwarz, René Walter
“Well we just disagree here, that's ok. Because I don't think it helps anyone to credit AI agents with "building a civilization" (or three) and hinting that the little guys getting dangerously smart. I'm with @eryk.bsky.social: mail.cyberneticforests.com/mod…” evidence ↗
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Timnit Gebru Eryk Salvaggio Luke Stark Shannon Mattern Mél Hogan / The Data Fix Benjamin Riley Elke Schwarz René Walter
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“Well we just disagree here, that's ok. Because I don't think it helps anyone to credit AI agents with "building a civilization" (or three) and hinting that the little guys getting dangerously smart. I'm with @eryk.bsky.social: mail.cyberneticforests.com/mod…”

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Timnit Gebru: Friends, when I sent this message to my team laughing, I didn't know that this fairytale blog had been shared far & wide & that people actually believed it. I didn't know that until someone asked m…
Timnit Gebru: At a certain point I have to ask myself if I got all this pedigree and spent decades doing research and building things to then spend the rest of my life attempting to come up with good arguments a…
Timnit Gebru: Agents didn't "confer" that is anthropomorphization of computer programs trained to do certain tasks.
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2 experts · 3 posts · 9d ago
Timnit Gebru 🌶 David Gray Widder
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“It's crazy that people constantly take the words of the tech billionaires who got us to today. Bill Gates is responsible for getting Microsoft to give billions to OpenAI because he thinks they're b…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Questions & unknowns · 1
Timnit Gebru: It's crazy that people constantly take the words of the tech billionaires who got us to today. Bill Gates is responsible for getting Microsoft to give billions to OpenAI because he thinks they're b…
🌶 David Gray Widder: Also I thought we agreed Bill Gates wasn't a thought leader anymore because his thoughts included hanging out w Pedos? Why is he everywhere again?
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