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Ilya's justification for that argument was to link to a SlateStarCodex blog post. We are doomed...

by chatmasta 3y ago

Atotalnoob 3y ago
What’s wrong with slatestarcodex? I’ve never heard of them before
- jbc1 3y ago
  Lucky you! It's some of the best content on the internet. My favourite blog for sure. Same guy has continued on with his writing at https://www.astralcodexten.com https://www.astralcodexten.com which is also pretty good but doesn't reach the same highs. What's wrong with it in context though is that as great as it is, it's just some guys blog. It's disconcerting that people would be working on technology they think is more dangerous than nuclear weapons and basing their approach to safety on a random blog post. Although it's disconcerting to think of a committee deciding how it's approached, or the general public, or AI loving researchers, so it might just be a disconcerting topic. If OpenAI or just Ilya think Scott is the best man to have thinking about it though, I would have at least liked them to pay him to do it full time. Blogging isn't even Scott's full time job, and the majority of his stuff isn't even about AI.
  - penjelly 3y ago
    nobody said thats the only argument Ilya had, but the points from scott alexander are legitimate and could be addressed even before hiring scott on or having an academic paper written.
- BlueTemplar 3y ago
  Speaking of, I have been wondering how much LLM breakthroughs were helped by Karl Friston ?? https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/03/20/translating-predictive-coding-into-perceptual-control/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/03/20/translating-predictive...
- sva_ 3y ago
  > I’ve never heard of them before Begin here: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/
ce4 3y ago
Where did you get that it was sent by Ilya? The to: field is redacted.
- snoman 3y ago
  The name is not redacted, only the exact e-mail address.
  - Davidzheng 3y ago
    I don't think it's correct. I think it's sent by redacted and ilya later responded to it. I don't think ilya linked the codex

Ilya's justification for that argument was to link to a SlateStarCodex blog post. We are doomed...

Atotalnoob 3y ago

What’s wrong with slatestarcodex? I’ve never heard of them before

jbc1 3y ago
Lucky you! It's some of the best content on the internet. My favourite blog for sure. Same guy has continued on with his writing at https://www.astralcodexten.com https://www.astralcodexten.com which is also pretty good but doesn't reach the same highs. What's wrong with it in context though is that as great as it is, it's just some guys blog. It's disconcerting that people would be working on technology they think is more dangerous than nuclear weapons and basing their approach to safety on a random blog post. Although it's disconcerting to think of a committee deciding how it's approached, or the general public, or AI loving researchers, so it might just be a disconcerting topic. If OpenAI or just Ilya think Scott is the best man to have thinking about it though, I would have at least liked them to pay him to do it full time. Blogging isn't even Scott's full time job, and the majority of his stuff isn't even about AI.
- penjelly 3y ago
  nobody said thats the only argument Ilya had, but the points from scott alexander are legitimate and could be addressed even before hiring scott on or having an academic paper written.
BlueTemplar 3y ago
Speaking of, I have been wondering how much LLM breakthroughs were helped by Karl Friston ?? https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/03/20/translating-predictive-coding-into-perceptual-control/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/03/20/translating-predictive...
sva_ 3y ago
> I’ve never heard of them before Begin here: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/

ce4 3y ago

Where did you get that it was sent by Ilya? The to: field is redacted.

snoman 3y ago
The name is not redacted, only the exact e-mail address.
- Davidzheng 3y ago
  I don't think it's correct. I think it's sent by redacted and ilya later responded to it. I don't think ilya linked the codex