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Levels of Friction Scott Alexander famously warned us to Beware Trivial Inconveniences.
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On the Meta and DeepMind Safety Frameworks This week we got a revision of DeepMind’s safety framework, and the first version of Meta’s...
a week ago
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AI #102: Made in America I remember that week I used r1 a lot, and everyone was obsessed with DeepSeek.
a week ago
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The Risk of Gradual Disempowerment from AI The baseline scenario as AI becomes AGI becomes ASI (artificial superintelligence), if nothing more...
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The baseline scenario as AI becomes AGI becomes ASI (artificial superintelligence), if nothing more dramatic goes wrong first and even we successfully ‘solve alignment’ of AI to a given user and developer, is the ‘gradual’ disempowerment of humanity by AIs, as we voluntarily...
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On Deliberative Alignment Not too long ago, OpenAI presented a paper on their new strategy of Deliberative Alignment.
a week ago
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AI #103: Show Me the Money The main event this week was the disastrous Paris AI Anti-Safety Summit. Not only did we not build...
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The main event this week was the disastrous Paris AI Anti-Safety Summit. Not only did we not build upon the promise of the Bletchley and Seoul Summits, the French and Americans did their best to actively destroy what hope remained, transforming the event into a push for a mix of...
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The Paris AI Anti-Safety Summit It doesn’t look good.
a week ago
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The Mask Comes Off: A Trio of Tales This post covers three recent shenanigans involving OpenAI.
6 days ago
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Operator No one is talking about OpenAI’s Operator.
3 weeks ago
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Meta Pivots on Content Moderation There’s going to be some changes made.
a month ago
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Monthly Roundup #27: February 2025 I have been debating how to cover the non-AI aspects of the Trump administration, including the...
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I have been debating how to cover the non-AI aspects of the Trump administration, including the various machinations of DOGE.
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We're in Deep Research The latest addition to OpenAI’s Pro offerings is their version of Deep Research.
2 weeks ago
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AI #101: The Shallow End The avalanche of DeepSeek news continues.
2 weeks ago
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DeepSeek: Lemon, It's Wednesday It’s been another *checks notes* two days, so it’s time for all the latest DeepSeek news.
3 weeks ago
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Monthly Roundup #26: January 2025 Some points of order before we begin the monthly:
a month ago
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o3-mini Early Days and the OpenAI AMA New model, new hype cycle, who dis?
2 weeks ago
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AI #100: Meet the New Boss Break time is over, it would seem, now that the new administration is in town.
3 weeks ago
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On DeepSeek's r1 r1 from DeepSeek is here, the first serious challenge to OpenAI’s o1.
4 weeks ago
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AI #99: Farewell to Biden The fun, as it were, is presumably about to begin.
a month ago
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DeepSeek: Don't Panic As reactions continue, the word in Washington, and out of OpenAI, is distillation.
2 weeks ago
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DeepSeek Panic at the App Store DeepSeek released v3.
3 weeks ago
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Sleep, Diet, Exercise and GLP-1 Drugs As always, some people need practical advice, and we can’t agree on how any of this works and we are...
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As always, some people need practical advice, and we can’t agree on how any of this works and we are all different and our motivations are different, so figuring out the best things to do is difficult.
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On the OpenAI Economic Blueprint Table of Contents
a month ago
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NYC Congestion Pricing: Early Days People have to pay $9 to enter Manhattan below 60th Street.
a month ago
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Stargate AI-1 There was a comedy routine a few years ago.
3 weeks ago
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Zvi's 2024 In Movies Now that I am tracking all the movies I watch via Letterboxd, it seems worthwhile to go over the...
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Now that I am tracking all the movies I watch via Letterboxd, it seems worthwhile to go over the results at the end of the year, and look for lessons, patterns and highlights.
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Medical Roundup #4 It seems like as other things drew our attention more, medical news slowed down.
2 days ago
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Go Grok Yourself That title is Elon Musk’s fault, not mine, I mean, sorry not sorry:
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