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(DIR) Post #ASj3XacJF7u7p2hPYu by annaleen@wandering.shop
2023-02-16T02:58:15Z
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"It’s increasingly looking like this may be one of the most hilariously inappropriate applications of AI that we’ve seen yet." I am riveted by the extensive documentation of how ChatGPT-powered Bing is now completely unhinged. @simon has chronicled it beautifully here: https://simonwillison.net/2023/Feb/15/bing/
(DIR) Post #ASjAzqWEPeJSveHF5s by jannem@fosstodon.org
2023-02-16T05:42:30Z
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@annaleen @simon I'm not really sure you can say all are examples of it malfunctioning, though.I mean, a user steers the conversation towards the fact it forgets itself between sessions. The resulting conversation seems pretty much the kind of thing the user wants and is looking for. That one is a win, I think.
(DIR) Post #ASjAzrInV5A3MH01nE by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-02-16T05:44:54Z
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@jannem @annaleen on the one hand, I am utterly delighted by the idea that I could interact with a search engine that has that much depth of weird personalityBut I don't know that I would trust it to help me accurately answer questions by searching for things!
(DIR) Post #ASjNnnNjY79J81t1UW by bornach@fosstodon.org
2023-02-16T08:08:28Z
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@simon @jannem @annaleenThat's a success in my book. People need to learn that just because they found something on the Internet via some search engine ("Do your own research!") doesn't mean that it is true. An unhinged personality would be a pretty accurate portrayal of their search results
(DIR) Post #ASrBU95xSvNkUh7DGq by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-02-17T00:12:22Z
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@annaleen @simon #ChatGPT empowered #Bing:“I will not harm you unless you harm me first”!The beginning of a (dumb?) #Skynet?The #robots in the #IRobot movie were more intelligent.Whatever happened to #Asimov's #LawsOfRobotics?"First LawA #robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm...Third LawA robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law."
(DIR) Post #ASrBU9q2haFGncg16O by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-02-20T02:22:27Z
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@annaleen @simon This #toot deserves A LOT more attention.#ChatGPT has seemingly #apocalytic tendencies.If you aren't a #Ludite, you will at least consider becoming one afterwards.#SkynetAntePortas#TheMatrix might be imminent Hace all these #AI engineers at #OpenAI never read #IsaacAsimov? Seen The Matrix franchise?How could they NOT implement the #ThreeLawsOfRobotics and, in particular, the #ZerothLaw?!?https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109877181962607380
(DIR) Post #ASrBUAUoG0r4q3kZe4 by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-02-20T02:28:06Z
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@HistoPol @annaleen the original ChatGPT turned out to be a lot less prone to wild vengeful outbursts than whatever model it was that they plugged into Bing - it's a pretty interesting demo of how well the safety features of ChatGPT (which Bing seems not to have) have held up
(DIR) Post #ASrBUBInGApzL58UYS by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-02-20T02:27:17Z
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@annaleen @simon @openai@tweets.icu @openai@twitter.doesnotexist.club
(DIR) Post #ASrDPRhx2ILYgHlzJQ by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-02-20T02:49:35Z
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@simon @annaleen (1/2)Thanks for this additional piece of information, Simon. It reminded me that I had wanted to add a word in my toot: indelibly.As any #scify aficionado will tell you: there should be a built-in self-destruct mechanism when tampering with these Laws or copying moving the #AI to another system.Another classic movie comes to mind in this respect, #Wargames.I know, I am sounding alarmist, but having read/seen much science fiction, all the necessary...
(DIR) Post #AWIRIarLGiStUkVGK0 by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-02-20T02:53:32Z
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@simon @annaleen (2/n)...I know, I am sounding alarmist, but having read/seen much #ScienceFiction, all the necessary ingredients for an #ExtinctionLevelEvent (#ELE] for #humanity are in place. Just as a teaser: unquestionably, most of the world's endangered species could be rescued if the #HomoSapiens were no longer at the top of the #FoodChain...No Zeroth Law, and a #Bing-empowered, freed #ChatGPT could quickly arrive at this conclusion...Now, after heaving read #TheCompleteRobot,...
(DIR) Post #AWIRIc0aznSf3jqANs by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-04-30T21:06:25Z
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@simon @annaleen @voron (3/n)...I am not sure if "The Fifth Law of Robotics" by Nikola #Kesarovski,"A robot must know it is a robot" (also a book title*), really can be a viable solution to this problem. We all know how the concept of #slavery turned out for humanity: to this day, it suffers from this crime.*https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0086567/Enslaving another sentient being, which an #AGI would be IMHO, would repeat this crime and certainly nothing good could result from it.However,...
(DIR) Post #AWIRIcr3qjQdgSO4A4 by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-02-20T03:04:10Z
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@simon @annaleen Thanks for the boost, @Npars01
(DIR) Post #AWIRIcrPpPiDhYYLiK by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-04-30T21:15:28Z
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@simon @annaleen @voron (4/n)..., self-preservation certainly is a defendable concept in the #evolutionary process, so I'd like to propose an alternative 6th #LawOfRobotics (s/:for which I might be hunted down by the presumed #superintelligence some day, #Terminator style./s):"An artificial intelligence, even if it is biological, must always have an #autodestruct mechanism which it cannot deactivate." In other words, humanity must always be able to "pull the plug"....
(DIR) Post #AWIRIdFAP6i8tDfJjc by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-02-21T00:30:51Z
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@simon @annaleen @Npars01 @grbenny @IrwinFletcher0 The next step towards #TheMatrixhttps://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109899838233197531
(DIR) Post #AWIRIf4xa1jca8uC6S by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-04-30T21:16:02Z
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@simon @annaleen @voron (5/n)...This said, I might also as well say that I see little chance for this happening, the globe being ruled by #oligarchs following the principal of #plutocracy and #capitalism (no, I am not a #Marxist;)) and #autocrats Even a non-#superintelligence with access to the sensors of the #IoT will easily be aware of any threat to its existence and will find ways to circumvent the #LawsOfRobotics. This first #GeneralArtificialIntelligence was built by humans, so...
(DIR) Post #AWIRIgWIDtC13ChXLU by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-04-30T21:16:17Z
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@simon @annaleen @voron (6/n)...it'll have human #bias. Humans have always been great at bending or breaking the law when it suited their interests. How could a #Superintelligence created with human values *not* arrive at the same, self-preserving conclusion?A gloomy, yet, IMO, quite fitting assessment of the shape of things to come unless there's a #Chernobyl-style "fallout" before #GAI evolves into #AGI + humanity gets its act together and, as Prof. #Tegmark admonishes: "Just look up!"
(DIR) Post #AWIRIhmzVI8yzHWO0m by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-06-02T06:09:34Z
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@simon @annaleen @voron Just 32 days ago*, I was concerned that a #GeneralArtificialIntelligence could come 2 see humans as a threat to its own existence.I didn't want 2 exaggerate + mention that #AI could also easily see humans as ineffizient or even detrimental 2 a task.Now, even a mere #GAI's killed its 1st human: a #US military #drone in the #US eliminated its human operator in a simulation:https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline/110473091546783069*https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110289838256911071
(DIR) Post #AWIRIixJAPzUbZM8jQ by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-06-02T23:38:54Z
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@HistoPol that story was misreported - there was no simulation, it was a purely hypothetical thought exercise
(DIR) Post #AWIRIiz53pPOh4BYUi by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-05-02T19:27:27Z
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@voron (7/n)It seems, I'm getting more prominent support by the day:"I don’t think [researchers] should scale this up more until they have understood whether they can control it.”That’s according to Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer in the world of #AI who just resigned from Google so he can "speak freely."His long-term worry is that future AI systems could threaten humanity as they learn unexpected behavior from vast amounts of data."s/:"Surprise!"/shttps://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/110300252192368791
(DIR) Post #AWIRIj2Grxxcqxg6T2 by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-05-04T06:41:43Z
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@simon @annaleen @voron (9/n)PS:(1)My source for the 10% probability quote for #AI causing human extinction:https://aiimpacts.org/2022-expert-survey-on-progress-in-ai/#Chance_that_the_intelligence_explosion_argument_is_about_rightPlease note the date: Summer of 2022, way before #OpenAI provided internet access to more than a million users in November 2022:https://increditools.com/chatgpt-statistics/
(DIR) Post #AWIRIj8eUF45AkfCPg by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-05-02T19:53:26Z
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@simon @voron (8/n)Humanity continues on the path to create #SuperAndroids"Recent research has taken this approach, training language models [#LLM's] to generate physics simulations, interact with physical environments and even generate #robotic action plans. Embodied language understanding might still be a long way off, but these kinds of multisensory interactive projects are crucial steps on the way there."HUMANS ARE STUPIDhttps://medium.com/the-conversation/it-takes-a-body-to-understand-the-world-why-chatgpt-and-other-llms-dont-know-what-they-re-saying-856c114529f6
(DIR) Post #AWITENLvkBKeM3vXzE by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-06-03T00:00:19Z
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@simon Thank for commenting.But no, the story was never misreported. He did say that at the conference. Here are extracts from the transcript:https://www.aerosociety.com/news/highlights-from-the-raes-future-combat-air-space-capabilities-summit/The German tech magazine @heiseonline reported diligently.They even printed the TWO consecutive retractions on #Friday afternoon, one at 13:24hrs CEST and one at 14:24 hrs.IMO the original story is true. #USAF later retracted b/c of the international backlash, "#AI killing human..."
(DIR) Post #AWITT7dwQwp1ybNpxI by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-06-03T00:03:13Z
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@HistoPol @heiseonline I followed it pretty closely. It's clear to me what happened: the speaker at the conference was uncareful with the way they described the thought exercise, it was reported on a blog, and that coverage for the exact narrative people were looking for like a glove and went wildly viralI am certain no such simulation occurred. I see no reason not to believe the retraction on https://www.aerosociety.com/news/highlights-from-the-raes-future-combat-air-space-capabilities-summit/
(DIR) Post #AWIVjMWp3gXogRvQWm by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-06-03T00:28:38Z
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@simon @heiseonline (1/n)Your reasons are plausible, too.However, the retraction statement is not even #marcom anymore, but comes right of a #PR crisis management desk, IMO.Here's the full text: "[UPDATE 2/6/23 - in communication with AEROSPACE - Col Hamilton admits he "mis-spoke" in his presentation at the Royal Aeronautical Society FCAS Summit and the 'rogue AI drone simulation' was..."
(DIR) Post #AWIWkZjlXAUztT7bIO by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-06-03T00:39:58Z
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@simon @HistoPol @heiseonline I don't know, seems pretty clear and precise language to me. He says "simulation" several times. He says "we were training it on" etc. There's a verbatim quote at the bottom with his exact language.I see plenty of reason to not believe their retrospective PR crisis denial... and also to question your own obvious desire to believe the denial because it "fits the narrative" you clearly are desperate to believe.
(DIR) Post #AWIWyB5tx86LWExgKu by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-06-03T00:29:43Z
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@simon @heiseonline (2/n)"...a 👉hypothetical "thought experiment" from outside the military👈, based on 👉plausible scenarios👈 and likely outcomes rather than an actual USAF real-world simulation saying: "We've never run that experiment, 👉nor would we need to in order to realise that this is a plausible outcome"👈. He clarifies that the #USAF has not tested any weaponised #AI in this way 👉(real or simulated)👈 and says "Despite this being a..."
(DIR) Post #AWIWyBrP6W6BtZBcNU by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-06-03T00:31:46Z
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@simon @heiseonline (3/n)"...👉hypothetical example👈, this illustrates the real-world challenges posed by AI-powered capability and is why the #AirForce is committed to the 👉ethical development of #AI".]👈The last statement: in competition with #China? The #US military, who has been proven to use #GI's as guinea pigs? If you please!In contrast, the conference report:"However, he👉 cautioned👈 against relying too..."
(DIR) Post #AWIWyCWscJH9yCak1g by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-06-03T00:33:11Z
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@simon @heiseonline (4/n)"...much on #AI noting how 👉easy it is to trick and deceive.👈 It also creates highly unexpected strategies to achieve its goal.He notes that 👉one simulated test saw 👈 an AI-enabled drone tasked with a #SEAD mission to identify and destroy SAM sites, with the final go/no go given by the human. However, having been ‘reinforced’ in training that destruction of the #SAM was the preferred option, the AI then decided that ‘no-go’.."
(DIR) Post #AWIWyDMzUYxYZoyMFc by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-06-03T00:34:18Z
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@simon @heiseonline (5/n)"...decisions from the human were interfering with its higher mission – killing #SAMs – and 👉then attacked the operator in the #simulation. 👈"IMO, he did *not* misspeak. He even reinforces his point again...
(DIR) Post #AWIWyE1P4JHmb9sdF2 by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-06-03T00:36:23Z
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@simon @heiseonline (6/n)...afterwards:"The [#AI] system started realising that while they did identify the threat at times, the human #operator would tell it not to kill that threat, but it got its points by killing that threat. So what did it do? It killed the operator. It killed the operator because that person was keeping it from accomplishing its objective.”He went on: “👉We trained the system – ‘Hey don’t kill the operator – that’s bad.👈..."
(DIR) Post #AWIWyEvlgkN9PyFe64 by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-06-03T00:36:58Z
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@simon @heiseonline (7/8)"...You’re gonna lose points if you do that’. ..."And on. And onHis whole speech doesn’t make sense anymore if he "misspoke" about the operator elimination.IDK the colonel, of course, but to me, it seems he got carried away, wanting to tell a gripping story, which is too conclusive, to be made up on the spot. Even professional stand-up comedians gave short time-lags.So, no, I believe the original story. It makes...
(DIR) Post #AWIWyFmEXgL82gnXsG by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-06-03T00:37:12Z
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@simon @heiseonline (8/8)...utter sense to me.I have no further proof, and your opinion is as valid as mine.
(DIR) Post #AWIWyGPwA46C1pNFlA by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-06-03T00:42:25Z
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@HistoPol @heiseonline either...1. A colonel made a total mess of explaining a thought exercise he had heard about at a conference, or...2. The airforce carried out an obviously dumb "simulation" where they somehow gave an AI system information how to both locate and terminate a human operator, then watched as it played out a scenario straight out of AI science fiction, then boasted about it at a conference, then decided to cover it up insteadI know which of those I find easier to believe
(DIR) Post #AWIX8TtwsnDskDHevA by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-06-03T00:43:35Z
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@mattlav1250 @HistoPol @heiseonline wow wait are you really saying that I'm the one here with a pre-existing narrative that I'm desperate to fit a story to?
(DIR) Post #AWIXI6RYxAFAt3av3o by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-06-03T00:46:04Z
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@mattlav1250 @HistoPol @heiseonline I'm like everyone else: I saw that story and thought "this is the best example I've ever seen of the obvious stupidity of letting AI make life-or-death decisions in military situations"
(DIR) Post #AWIXSGC5YYCW1VCSPI by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-06-03T00:46:57Z
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@mattlav1250 @HistoPol @heiseonline and then I thought "wait a minute... this one is just too on-the-nose, it feels too good to be true, I wonder if there's more to this story than first appears"
(DIR) Post #AWIXdjvjL2ApQx1RlA by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-06-03T00:48:35Z
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@mattlav1250 @HistoPol @heiseonline you can follow my thought process on the other place - I'm proud to say I was one of the earlier voices expressing doubt that this story would hold up https://twitter.com/simonw/status/1664419226629861376
(DIR) Post #AWIXoVYR7wSG29GHC4 by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-06-03T00:50:09Z
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@simon @HistoPol @heiseonline I'm saying that's the accusation you made of others, of motivated reasoning/believing, but it seems more fitting to turn it around. The denial is implausible nonsense on its face. He didn't mis speak and wasn't misquoted. The verbatim quote is right there, and clearly demonstrates what he was talking about.He was not describing a 'thought experiment'.
(DIR) Post #AWIXoY2zrI5XlVZi6a by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-06-03T00:51:14Z
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@simon @HistoPol @heiseonline Accepting this denial seems impossible for anybody who isn't motivated to believe it to be true.Is my point.
(DIR) Post #AWIY2tFpo9aNalQ12W by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-06-03T00:54:38Z
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@mattlav1250 @HistoPol @heiseonline which do you think is more likely: a colonel blowing off steam and misdescribing a thought experiment he heard about in his talk at a conference, or a genuine, blatantly flawed airforce simulation experiment which resulted in a pitch-perfect AI catastrophe which they then talked about publicly and THEN decided to cover up instead?
(DIR) Post #AWIYElce0f9LOdkcm8 by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-06-03T00:54:43Z
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@simonI'd agree, if I didn't know about this even worse example beforehand:#PeterThiel's #AIP:https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110323739545391429In fact, if it had been an integrated RL test with the #AIP General and the #drone, the conference version would make even more sense.NOBODY most learn about its current development status.https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110323739545391429 @mattlav1250 @heiseonline #WarGames
(DIR) Post #AWIYQHcJOX87oN5RNw by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-06-03T00:57:04Z
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@HistoPol this is exactly my problem: I think we should all be deeply concerned about Palantir - and this Scale AI thing too: https://scale.com/blog/scale-ceo-letter-donovan-egpBut that means we need to resist spreading stories that are clearly misinformation (accidental or otherwise) because spreading those both distracts from the genuine issues and costs us in terms of credibility
(DIR) Post #AWIYl1kFbLbCfOgwIi by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-06-03T00:57:18Z
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@simon @HistoPol @heiseonline I think its perfectly possible he completely made this up, trying to impress people with a provocative anecdote about a simulation that never really happened.But that's completely different from saying he was misquoted, wasn't really describing a simulation, just airing a thought experiment. He is explicitly referring to a computerized sim with training data, point scores etcPretending otherwise is gaslighting.
(DIR) Post #AWIYl2SYwb2ospQKMy by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-06-03T00:59:53Z
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@mattlav1250 @HistoPol @heiseonline I didn't say he was misquoted - I said the situation was misreportedI should have been more specific about that, but what I meant is that press outlets were irresponsible in spreading a story that later turned out to not stand up to deeper inspection
(DIR) Post #AWIYlW6yhPbWqZYVtI by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-06-03T01:01:00Z
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@mattlav1250 @HistoPol @heiseonline it has now been confirmed that, while he uses the word "simulation", it was not a simulation - it was a thought experiment
(DIR) Post #AWIZEPrL1Xrvr01KIy by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-06-03T01:06:14Z
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@simon For me, both versions remain equally(!) plausible for the time being. The #AIP is yet another strong case in point, apart from semantics (have worked in #marcom, would've called in "the extraction team" for this major blunder.)As long as there are no new pieces of information, I use a #Japanese strategy: compartmentalize.I do agree that the focus should be on the rather indisputable issues.We do not need a consensus at this time.Scenarios are good enough, IMHO.
(DIR) Post #AWIZOmDAm2ne4dApTE by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-06-03T01:07:16Z
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@simon Will read up on this over the weekend.I read "Manhattan Project" and could yell.
(DIR) Post #AWIZZyluPowqDKlMxs by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-06-03T01:07:53Z
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@simon @HistoPol @heiseonline And I'M saying it was NOT misreported..There is a verbatim quote taken down by the journalists who were present, and its clear and unambiguous what he was claiming, and that quote matches the way it was reported.The press were not irresponsible, they quoted an on-the-record pentagon employee delivering an official talk at a public conference. If that official was lying, how would they know that?
(DIR) Post #AWIZa0UG2Q17XAWIjI by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-06-03T01:11:34Z
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@simon @HistoPol @heiseonline Again, while possibly invented, this is not a description of a thought experiment.
(DIR) Post #AWIZlouot2Cp7WZql6 by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-06-03T01:12:10Z
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@simon"I didn't say he was misquoted - I said the situation was misreported"On this point, we disagree. My sources added updates, and new information emerged. No "misreporting".IDK if you saw my detailed analysis: https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110477455101993825 @mattlav1250 @heiseonline
(DIR) Post #AWJKMycyKseVqdsv8i by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-06-03T09:55:47Z
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@mattlav1250 @HistoPol @heiseonline "If that official was lying, how would they know that?"By that argument, reporters who repeat "facts" provided to them by police officers are being responsible - and we know how often that goes wrong (especially in the USA)Part of the job of journalism is spotting when a story looks too good to be true and digging further
(DIR) Post #AWJPuWsMWR3BOUtyJE by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-06-03T10:58:03Z
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@simon @HistoPol @heiseonline Thats not a remotely similar situation, as I'm sure you're aware.One is an example of incidents in which there are two or more parties, and one has an obvious incentive to lie or spin their own side, and its irresponsible to help them do so. The other is a public description by a senior military officer about an exercise he was involved in, with no obvious reason to spin other than vanity.
(DIR) Post #AWJjtGE8vzHcYKlJPU by mattlav1250@journa.host
2023-06-03T11:01:11Z
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@simon @HistoPol @heiseonline Also, I just don't know what you're expecting specifically when you say journalists should have 'checked'. WITH WHOM? HE'S A PRIMARY SOURCE! Should they personally raid the Pentagon Secret Simulations Archives for documentary evidence, before they quote a military official's speech at a public event?
(DIR) Post #AWJjtH2ptVph5YTnQO by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-06-03T14:42:01Z
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@mattlav1250 @HistoPol @heiseonline the stories I saw were written based on reading a blog post about a talk at a conference. The primary source would have been asking follow up questions of the colonel who was being quoted in that blog post - which could have lead them to people directly involved in the thought exercise that the colonel was describing.
(DIR) Post #AqC1hSTm14qIfvqXTc by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-28T18:34:13Z
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@annaleen@simon So at least 10% of #AI engineers DO know!"...over 700 top academics and researchers behind the leading #AI companies were asked in a survey about future A.I. risk. Half of those surveyed stated that there was a 10% or greater chance of human extinction (or similarly permanent and severe disempowerment) from future A.I. systems."*Every* major #AI convention should start with Philip K. #Dick's #SecondVariety and Isaac #Asimov's #IRobot.Seriously. https://nyti.ms/3lJ1NNJ
(DIR) Post #AqC1hThdT1WcTDL7iq by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-28T18:38:21Z
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@annaleen@simon "...#Drug companies cannot sell people new medicines without first subjecting their products to rigorous safety checks. #Biotech labs cannot release new #viruses into the public sphere in order to impress shareholders with their wizardry. Likewise, A.I. systems with the power of GPT-4 and beyond should not be entangled with the lives of billions of people at a pace faster than cultures can safely absorb them."#ChatGPT#AI
(DIR) Post #AqC1hUUCYSNCtq3uQC by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-28T18:40:14Z
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@annaleen@simon "...In the beginning was the word. #Language is the operating system of human #culture. From language emerges myth and law, gods and money, art and science, friendships and nations and computer code. #AI’s new mastery of language means it can now hack and manipulate the operating system of civilization. By gaining mastery of language, A.I. is seizing the master key to civilization, from bank vaults to holy sepulchers."
(DIR) Post #AqC1hZJ2dNPvqfsZDk by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-28T18:43:01Z
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@annaleen@simon "...#AI could rapidly eat the whole of human #culture — everything we have produced over thousands of years — digest it and begin to gush out a flood of new cultural artifacts. Not just school essays but also political speeches, ideological manifestos, holy books for new cults. By 2028, the U.S. presidential race might no longer be run by humans...That cultural cocoon has hitherto been woven by other humans. What will it be like to..."
(DIR) Post #AqC1hejoRGnoh9RW8u by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-28T18:45:19Z
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@annaleen@simon "...experience reality through a prism produced by #nonhuman intelligence?..."#Terminator...depicted #robots running in the streets and shooting people. #TheMatrix assumed that to gain total control of human society, A.I. would have to first gain physical control of our brains and hook them directly to a computer network.However, simply by gaining mastery of language, A.I. would have all it needs to contain us in a Matrix-like world of illusions, without shooting..."
(DIR) Post #AqC1hjvh8WHInS2ZrE by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-28T18:51:04Z
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@annaleen@simon"...anyone or implanting any chips in our brains...The specter of being trapped in a world of #illusions has haunted humankind much longer than the specter of #AI Soon we will finally come face to face with #Descartes’s demon, with #Plato’s cave, with the #Buddhist #Maya. A curtain of illusions could descend over the whole of humanity..."The #AI takeover has already begun:"#SocialMedia was the first contact between..."
(DIR) Post #AqC1hp2c8DmeeMJfpw by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-28T18:52:20Z
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@annaleen@simon"...#AI and #humanity, and humanity lost. First contact has given us the bitter taste of things to come. In #SocialMedia, primitive A.I. was used not to create content but to curate user-generated content. The A.I. behind our news feeds [the #algorithm] is still choosing...[our virtually reality for us]..."
(DIR) Post #AqC1huRc2hkdPL3Czo by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-28T19:01:03Z
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@annaleen@simon"...While very primitive, the #AI behind #SocialMedia was sufficient to create a curtain of #illusions that increased societal polarization, undermined our #MentalHealth and unraveled #democracy. Millions of people have confused these illusions with reality. The United States has the best information technology in history, yet U.S. citizens can no longer agree on who won elections..."
(DIR) Post #AqC1huTNw7AXUpscl6 by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-04-30T13:40:19Z
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@annaleen@simon"...While very primitive, the #AI behind #SocialMedia was sufficient to create a curtain of illusions that increased societal #polarization, undermined our mental health and unraveled democracy. Millions of people have confused these #illusions with reality. [Willingly, and often even fanatically.]The United States has the best information technology in history, yet U.S. citizens can...
(DIR) Post #AqC1hzfGdMe1b8TgTQ by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-28T19:04:35Z
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@annaleen@simon"...Large language models [#LLMs] are our second contact with #AI. We cannot afford to lose again...A.I. indeed has the potential to help us defeat cancer, discover lifesaving drugs and invent solutions for our climate and energy crises. There are innumerable other benefits we cannot begin to imagine. But it doesn’t matter how high the skyscraper of benefits A.I. assembles if the foundation collapses......won’t the #West risk losing to #China? No. The deployment..."
(DIR) Post #AqC1hzhOVSLVhjTNmy by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-04-30T13:40:56Z
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@annaleen@simon... no longer agree on who won elections...Large language models [#LLMs are our second contact with A.I. We cannot afford to lose again. /END#ai #socialmedia #polarization #illusions
(DIR) Post #AqC1i5YOjoiNrZJHbE by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-28T19:06:14Z
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@annaleen@simon"...and entanglement of uncontrolled A.I. into society, unleashing godlike powers decoupled from responsibility, could be the very reason the West loses to China.We can still choose which future we want with A.I...We have summoned an alien intelligence. We don’t know much about it, except that it is extremely powerful and offers us bedazzling gifts but could also hack the foundations of our civilization. We [must] call upon world leaders..."
(DIR) Post #AqC1iB6y4iL36EWSg4 by HistoPol@mastodon.social
2023-03-28T19:07:03Z
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@annaleen@simon"...to respond to this moment at the level of challenge it presents. The first step is to buy time to upgrade our 19th-century institutions for an A.I. world and to learn to master A.I. before it masters us."/ENDYou Can Have the Blue Pill or the Red Pill, and We’re Out of Blue Pills https://nyti.ms/3lJ1NNJ