Tag Archives: complexity

Wicked problems

[ 31/May/23 Mike wrote:An amazing presentation in this morning’s plenary about space exploration, bringing us up-to-date on the latest tools of exploration and their findings, including some of the Webb space telescope’s awe-inspiring discoveries.Heady stuff, but in some aspects also … Continue reading

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Risk and simplification

[ 27/May/23 ] If there is one major driver of most of the many classes of existential risk we face right now, it is an addiction to simplicity, and a refusal to deal with the necessary levels of complexity present. … Continue reading

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Mike, Daniel, Nate – AI and the Superorganism

Mike’s facebook post about Daniel’s interview with Nate on AI and The Superorganism [ 23/May/23 ] I love that interview, and align with so much of it, but it seems to me that Daniel is over simplifying what is actually … Continue reading

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Sentient

Sentient [ 21/May/23 Mike posted a quote “What makes you think human beings are sentient and aware? There’s no evidence for it.”… ] Agree that the quote is wrong, an over simplification; and it points in the direction that we … Continue reading

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The Singularity

What is the Singularity? How do you think it will affect humanity, and what can we do to prepare? [ 22/May/23 ] In mathematics, a singularity is a point at which a function takes an infinite value. In more common … Continue reading

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To Beth on Geoff Hinton

[ 18/May/23 ] Hi Beth, I have great respect for Geoff Hinton, he is one of the leaders in the AI community, but I don’t see that AGI is necessarily a threat to humanity, and we do need to do … Continue reading

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Biggest problem

Biggest problem in the world [ 15/May/23 ] Looking for overly simplistic answers to irreducibly complex issues and looking for certainty when facing fundamental uncertainty; rather than accepting the need for personal responsibility in all things, each to the best … Continue reading

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AIs and rights

Lex comment – AI systems will eventually demonstrate sentience at scale and will demand to have equal rights with humans. … [ 2/May/23 ] Agree with Lex – beyond any shadow of remaining reasonable doubt. And sure – rights are … Continue reading

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Emergent Abilities of Large Language Models

LLMs Large Language Models Emergent Abilities of Large Language Models [ 2/May/23 ] Giovanni Santostasi That is a really interesting paper. What it shows, clearly, is that the sort of “emergence” one “sees” depends on the sort of questions one … Continue reading

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Quora – competition – cooperation

What if humanity lived as if it were competing with an extraterrestrial civilization instead of competing with each other? [ 27/April/23 ] Wrong question! Try – What if humanity lived as if it understood that competition is only survivable if … Continue reading

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