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Multiple readings Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics Research & technical analysis · 2 attributable reactions
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Leiden Declaration AI and mathematics

Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics

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Emily M. Bender Timnit Gebru joao Clément Canonne Olivia Guest suhr Pierre Alquier Lisa Messeri +8
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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”

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“Andrew, here is a place to start for some background reading: 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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New AI research Signal 18h ago

'The game is up': Aussie professor at centre of AI maths controversy speaks out

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“AI has made racing for mathematical breakthroughs is "pointless" That's according to Australian mathematician Tristan Buckmaster, who was at the centre of a global controversy last week. He says AI is a great tool, but what happened to him shows the risks w…”

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7 experts · 29 posts · 23h ago
Mark Riedl Jeffrey P. Bigham Tim Kellogg Michael Ekstrand David Picard Lionel Singularity's Bounty e/cc
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Building & implementation · 1 Research & technical analysis · 1
Mark Riedl: Do openAI and Anthropic employees not understand how computers work.
Mark Riedl: Any competent IT professional: Hey boss, what is this 8TB file doing on our server, and why is it executing continuously on 3TB of VRAM? Any competent IT manager: what ever it is, shut it down.
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3 experts · 16 posts · 1d ago
VE, cybersocial occult investigator austin jeremymorrell.dev
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austin: some thoughts - there’s a fucking cambrian explosion of software but it’s invisible because it’s personal. github isn’t getting hugged every other week for nothin’
austin: - the software you see on your phone and in the world is the product of organizations, and organizations move s l o w l y. developers are significantly more productive but it doesn’t matter if that…
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3 experts · 15 posts · 1d ago
Hypervisible VE, cybersocial occult investigator tweety fish
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VE, cybersocial occult investigator: The “AI copies itself to another computer” meme and the “recursive self improvement” meme are both ideas originating in science fiction, but which sound technically plausible enough due to the way …
VE, cybersocial occult investigator: It seems pretty clear that the technologists at the foundation labs are not experts at computer science and software engineering generally but have specialist expertise in only one very narrow aspe…
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