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Fancy titles like Founder and Managing Director of Khosla Ventures can lead to a false sense of understanding about what a researcher like Helen Toner understan

Fancy titles like Founder and Managing Director of Khosla Ventures can lead to a false sense of understanding about what a researcher like Helen Toner understands. I'm amazed anyone can side with Khosla after he blatantly showed his $ > ethics side when it came to the Martin's Beach scandal[0]. In a battle of $ and ethics, finding yourself agreeing with Khosla is a smoking gun where someone stands. That we have VC's character assassinating someone in contrast to all the people actually around her who can vouch, is quite a sad legacy. [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/01/08/california-sues-vinod-khosla-beach/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/01/08/califor...

AlbertCory 3y ago
a "researcher"? that's what you call her? Those who can, do. Those who can't, write about it.
- reducesuffering 3y ago
  Albert Cory, 'Author of "Inventing the Future," a historical novel'...
  - AlbertCory 3y ago
    whoa, he did 15 seconds of research. I was there, as an engineer. I'm a character in the novel.
    - reducesuffering 3y ago
      And yet now it’s Helen Toner who is “there,” as a chemical engineer BSc, involved in one of the most impactful boards because she’s respected by the important people around her, and you’re writing about it. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NNnQg0MAAAAJ&hl=en https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NNnQg0MAAAAJ&hl=en
      - AlbertCory 3y ago
        are these papers supposed to impress us with her AI there-ness, or what? None of them are about chemical engineering, which has nothing much to do with AI, anyway, so I don't know why you mention that. when did she go over to the Dark Side?
sumedh 3y ago
Instead of making this about Khosla, can you tell us what exactly has she done, why is she an expert on AI safety?
- reducesuffering 3y ago
  She’s one of the only people to bridge the AI communities of the US and China, which will be a crucial factor in preventing a state level arms race of AGI. BSc Chemical Engineering, MA from Georgetown, spent the rest doing research on what the future looks like. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NNnQg0MAAAAJ&hl=en https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NNnQg0MAAAAJ&hl=en
  - AlbertCory 3y ago
    A politician, in other words. And a junior one at that. "bridge the AI communities of the US and China": what does that mean? She organized some meetings where platitudes were intoned?

AlbertCory 3y ago

a "researcher"? that's what you call her? Those who can, do. Those who can't, write about it.

reducesuffering 3y ago
Albert Cory, 'Author of "Inventing the Future," a historical novel'...
- AlbertCory 3y ago
  whoa, he did 15 seconds of research. I was there, as an engineer. I'm a character in the novel.
  - reducesuffering 3y ago
    And yet now it’s Helen Toner who is “there,” as a chemical engineer BSc, involved in one of the most impactful boards because she’s respected by the important people around her, and you’re writing about it. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NNnQg0MAAAAJ&hl=en https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NNnQg0MAAAAJ&hl=en
    - AlbertCory 3y ago
      are these papers supposed to impress us with her AI there-ness, or what? None of them are about chemical engineering, which has nothing much to do with AI, anyway, so I don't know why you mention that. when did she go over to the Dark Side?

sumedh 3y ago

Instead of making this about Khosla, can you tell us what exactly has she done, why is she an expert on AI safety?

reducesuffering 3y ago
She’s one of the only people to bridge the AI communities of the US and China, which will be a crucial factor in preventing a state level arms race of AGI. BSc Chemical Engineering, MA from Georgetown, spent the rest doing research on what the future looks like. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NNnQg0MAAAAJ&hl=en https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NNnQg0MAAAAJ&hl=en
- AlbertCory 3y ago
  A politician, in other words. And a junior one at that. "bridge the AI communities of the US and China": what does that mean? She organized some meetings where platitudes were intoned?