Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)Mar 29, 2023

Okay, so that AI letter signed by lots of AI researchers calling for a "Pause [on] Giant AI Experiments"? It's just dripping with AI hype. Here's a quick rundown.

First, for context, note that URL? The Future of Life Institute is a longtermist operation. You know, the people who are focused on maximizing the happiness of billions of future beings who live in computer simulations.

https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/

#AIhype

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Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter - Future of Life Institute

We call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.

Future of Life Institute
Show threadJohn Mark  ☑️

@emilymbender I should have asked this question here in the first place :)

Is it time for a compute tax? Considering that LLM, ML, and crypto shills are more than happy to burn the planet in pursuit of $$$, taxing compute may be the only way to prevent bad things.

Mar 29, 2023 at 11:23amWeb