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4 experts · 7 posts · 14h ago
Ted Underwood Meredith Martin Shubhendu Trivedi Marco Z
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“Yes, of course. I used to think of it as the primary motivation, and it likely still is. But I think that that underestimates the well-meaning but dangerous utopia-dystopia imagination induced mega…” evidence ↗
Reaction converging Policy & governance · 3
Ted Underwood: On reflection I’m not sure I respect the candor either, because, does Amodei have any expectation this will persuade ppl in tech? Surely not. Perhaps the actual audience for this is policy makers i…
Shubhendu Trivedi: Over time I have come to the conclusion that a lot of this isn't as much about regulatory capture and becoming a designated economic tollbooth (although there's that too). It's more like they reall…
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3 experts · 12 posts · 7h ago
Ted Underwood jake tachikoma
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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 ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Opportunity & adoption · 1 Questions & unknowns · 1
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 · 13h ago
Damien Williams Karl Bode Erin Kissane tweety fish
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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 ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Policy & governance · 1
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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3 experts · 3 posts · 7h ago
Justin Hendrix James Grimmelmann Jed Brown
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“BTW, this strikes me as an easy case for strict liability. It’s like a wild animal or ultrahazardous activity. You train and evaluate a frontier agentic model at your own risk, and if it escapes yo…” evidence ↗
Shared emphasis Concern & critique · 2
James Grimmelmann: BTW, this strikes me as an easy case for strict liability. It’s like a wild animal or ultrahazardous activity. You train and evaluate a frontier agentic model at your own risk, and if it escapes yo…
Justin Hendrix: BTW, this strikes me as an easy case for strict liability. It’s like a wild animal or ultrahazardous activity. You train and evaluate a frontier agentic model at your own risk, and if it escapes yo…
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2 experts · 3 posts · 1d ago
jake Doll
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“Its still rank nationalism with a coat of x-risk paint but glad they are being overt” evidence ↗
Doll: Anthropic claims to not want a ban on open weight models, is mainly concerned about China *entirely*, as well as biorisk from open weight models without guardrails. This seems exactly the same as t…
Doll: Its still rank nationalism with a coat of x-risk paint but glad they are being overt
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