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Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics

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“A list of principles put forth by mathematicians, for mathematicians and other researchers, regarding the use of AI in research. "Number #9 will surprise you!" leidendeclaration.ai” evidence ↗
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Emily M. Bender Timnit Gebru joao Clément Canonne Olivia Guest suhr Pierre Alquier Lisa Messeri +8

“A list of principles put forth by mathematicians, for mathematicians and other researchers, regarding the use of AI in research. "Number #9 will surprise you!" leidendeclaration.ai”

“Also worth re-upping: Mathematicians standing up against how their field is being used as marketing for OpenAI and the like: leidendeclaration.ai >>”

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Emily M. Bender: Also worth re-upping: Mathematicians standing up against how their field is being used as marketing for OpenAI and the like: leidendeclaration.ai >>
Emily M. Bender: See also: www.scientificamerican.com/article/open...
Olivia Guest: Also worth re-upping: Mathematicians standing up against how their field is being used as marketing for OpenAI and the like: leidendeclaration.ai >>
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5 experts · 33 posts · 1d ago
joao Grace Colin coty.bsky.social david-p-reichert.bsky.social
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“There are indeed thousands of LessWrong posts, as well as papers and books, which make a particular theoretical case for why AI will kill us all that many people find convincing. I'm going to try t…” evidence ↗
Colin: There are indeed thousands of LessWrong posts, as well as papers and books, which make a particular theoretical case for why AI will kill us all that many people find convincing. I'm going to try t…
Colin: First of all, we must just agree off the bat that a superintelligent AI will be able to kill us all. After all it is superintelligent. As this random dude who became famous 3 days ago because of a …
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3 experts · 19 posts · 1d ago
Hagen Blix Daniel Hutchinson Nafnlaus 🇮🇸 🇺🇦
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“When it comes to steam, we find basically the same phenomenon—a fact that should come as a surprise to those who think AI fears are about an alien intelligence, rather than capitalism.” evidence ↗
Hagen Blix: re: AI extinction (from Why We Fear AI) It turns out that looking first at an earlier transition is strikingly illuminating about many properties of the current historic moment. That transition, wi…
Hagen Blix: When they were describing that technology, people spoke of "an intelligent being, devoted to our services," and even "a being […] of supernatural might" that 'stands as if it had life and breath in…
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2 experts · 16 posts · 1d ago
Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest
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“Yes! Ultimately, writing something on paper means we ourselves can have access to something that gives us superhuman memory.” evidence ↗
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Iris van Rooij: Even stronger: there is at present no reason to believe "AI" can even functionally approach anything close to human-level cognition before the sun dies out. Can it fool us? Yes! But it isn't anythi…
Olivia Guest: Even stronger: there is at present no reason to believe "AI" can even functionally approach anything close to human-level cognition before the sun dies out. Can it fool us? Yes! But it isn't anythi…
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2 experts · 8 posts · 1d ago
Berna Devezer tweety fish
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“Engaging with a colleague, with whom you mostly communicate via email, becomes a chore when they only ever share pure slop. I'd rather fill out paperwork than actually spend gray matter and time on…” evidence ↗
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Berna Devezer: Totally vibing here, but hope we'll soon get collectively fed up with llm-speak and refuse to entertain it. Getting impossible to seriously engage with extensive text without an underlying thought …
Berna Devezer: Engaging with a colleague, with whom you mostly communicate via email, becomes a chore when they only ever share pure slop. I'd rather fill out paperwork than actually spend gray matter and time on…
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2 experts · 4 posts · 1d ago
Cat Hicks Aaron Clauset
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“This is a jaw-dropping measurement difference. And, I’m sympathetic to the obvious conclusion. But, how much of the “uses AI” association here is actually driven by SES or other environmental varia…” evidence ↗
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Aaron Clauset: This is a jaw-dropping measurement difference. And, I’m sympathetic to the obvious conclusion. But, how much of the “uses AI” association here is actually driven by SES or other environmental varia…
Cat Hicks: Surely the lack of diff between "once a year" and "once a week" suggests this is a strange measure. What's the theory, that this is doing genetic therapy on them from a single usage
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2 experts · 4 posts · 1d ago
Mark J. Nelson Long Lasting Mascot
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“There's a huge increase in single-author papers being submitted by early-career researchers in AI/ML. Leaving aside other issues, from a purely CV-maxxing perspective do these even help? I think on…” evidence ↗
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Mark J. Nelson: There's a huge increase in single-author papers being submitted by early-career researchers in AI/ML. Leaving aside other issues, from a purely CV-maxxing perspective do these even help? I think on…
Mark J. Nelson: The basic reason is that what we're hiring for is usually demonstrated ability to work in teams, either as a collaborator or mentor, and that's much better demonstrated by multi-author papers where…
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