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3 experts · 24 posts · 9h ago
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“"AI is so dangerous we must have a plan for USG to deliberately intervene to pace it" and "it is important to have open-weight models that are not controllable by anyone (e.g. to pace it)" seem to …” evidence ↗
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SE Gyges: here's who signed both the Pacing the Frontier letter released today and the Pause AI letter in 2023 demanding an end to all research for six months also, raw counts for "signed today's letter" and…
SE Gyges: fundamentally this is an anthropic thing that managed to recruit some people from other companies
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3 experts · 12 posts · 12h ago
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“That only raises the bar for being concerned with it being *only* in the hands of a “flawed democracy”, no? Besides: China *will* get this tech, and it *will* proliferate. Best help prepare for a w…” evidence ↗
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tachikoma: this regime ends in 2029, but what comes next? what if it's worse, not just ideologically but in terms of vision and competence?
tachikoma: we should try to avoid that outcome by building resilience, which i think comes from decentralization, on the web and in the physical world
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4 experts · 6 posts · 18h ago
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“it's also really just...quite hollow? Like it's not really very interesting? And that's even before it leans into the lazy "many sectors use more water than AI therefore all environmental criticism…” evidence ↗
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Damien Williams: I'm reading the "environmentalists are wrong about data centers" piece from the NYT and ohmygoditssofuckingbad. Apparently, so long as you're punching left, they'll just let you say any goddamn thi…
Damien Williams: And, again: golf courses and flat lawns and monocropping agribusiness practices are ALSO BAD. *More Than One Thing Can Be Bad*!
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