| Aspiration | Let us invent then a new breed of AI systems that mix an awareness of the past with values that represent the future that we aspire to. Our focus should be on figuring on how to build AI that can represent and reason about *values*, rather than simply p |
“Cognitive scientist Gary Marcus says AI must be regulated. He has a plan”.
Today at the WSJ: https://www.wsj.com/articles/cognitive-scientist-gary-marcus-says-ai-must-be-regulated-he-has-a-plan-f0c0b647
A look at the latest “AI scaling laws” shell game:
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/a-new-ai-scaling-law-shell-game
It genuinely appalls me that in America we can have someone act as an unelected vice president —avoiding formal office to duck financial divestment requirements—and use “tactics … aimed at sowing terror and fear at federal employees”.
Elon Musk is destroying so much of what I hold dear.
One of Elon Musk’s most disturbing habits is his tendency to launch his mob against people he disagrees with.
Satya Nadella and the three stages of scientific truth.
A textbook case in how the sociology of science often stands in the way of progress. Short new essay at Marcus on AI:
When I said in 2022 that LLMs would hit a wall and that scaling laws would not last forever, everyone laughed.
Now even Time Magazine sees that the moment of diminishing returns has likely arrived.
Can a crash in GenAI valuations be far away?
Three cheers for Venmo!
If Gaetz had paid cash he probably would have been confirmed
Didja read about the study that claimed ChatGPT produced poetry “indistinguishable” from Shakespeare?
Critique by NYU’s Ernest Davis, on the unbearable banality of ChatGPT’s poetry: https://cs.nyu.edu/~davise/papers/GPT-Poetry.pdf
Artificial intelligence is an actively surging field in today’s digital landscape, and as each new AI interface reaches the public it throws into sharper resolution that all the big tech players are getting involved. And quickly. But where are the roots of this rapidly expanding industry’s interests? How does AI impact individuals, established industries, and the future of our society if it continues to grow faster than it is critically examined? In his newest book Taming Silicon Valley: How We Can Ensure That AI Works For Us, author and scientist Gary F. Marcus uses his expertise in the field to help readers understand the realities, risks, and responsibilities the public faces as AI gains widespread traction.
1951 Hannah Arendt quote on the origins of totalitarianism nails it: “this process includes the replacement of all first-rate talents, regardless of their political loyalties, with crackpots and fools…”
h/t @PeterKramer
