buried in a thread so I’m bringing it to the top. you, too, can have opinions on other people. you don’t have to let them argue with you ad infinitum while you get increasingly tired.
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you, who are on the road must have a code that you can live by the revolution will not be liveskeeted
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"...Because the evidence [on AI] is so muddled, belief has instead taken over, often couched in existential terms. AI researchers may present themselves as deeply rational, but many sound like shamans. [highlighted by user] The researcher Ilya Sutskever reportedly led OpenAI staffers in a chant of 'Feel the AGI! Feel the AGI!' and on another occasion burned a wooden effigy that was supposed to represent 'unaligned AI.' In his 'Techno-Optimist Manifesto,' the billionaire venture capitalist Marc Andreessen proclaimed, 'I am here to bring the good news,' cribbing a line from a biblical angel. [end highlight]
"'The manifest destiny of AI research is to produce this thing they're calling AGI,' [Melanie] Mitchell said, 'and they want to do it as soon as possible, so they're less willing to trade off for more interpretable, more predictable, more controllable models.' Treating the achievement of AGI as the only outcome that matters, she said, is 'a dangerous way to go forward.'"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7twdn5utn3lslzsvottyph2v/bafkreib4ljbf6va5e6ukftaiicapawxg6tfwydq6f5z6pbcv7azs63vi6a)
