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Check out my book Being You, and my prize-winning essay The Mythology of Conscious AI.
As the supposed existential threats of AI dominate the news cycle, we risk losing focus on the clear and present real dangers of poorly designed and poorly deployed AI. Misleading metaphors hinder our ability to address these challenges, and they embed a sense of inevitability
@dwarkesh_sp's summary of the @OpenAI @huggingface incident has hit a nerve, but it is dangerously misleading. Sure, the @OpenAI agents did unexpectedly bad things - underlining the need to massively improve evaluation/sandboxing. But the language Dwarkesh uses is permeated by
Very disappointing to see views like this platformed without context. Yes, there are risks to AI, and good reasons to work much harder on safety. But quoting “there is a strong chance we could all die” is hubristic clickbait.
‘There is a strong chance we could all die’ 👇🏼 more on #bbclaurak tomorrow
I agree with @alokjha in this summary. Also, it’s reassuring to see he still has The Hair 👇🏽
Are artificial-intelligence models conscious? For The Economist’s science and technology editor, Alok Jha, the answer is no—not yet anyway. But, as he explains to our AI writer, Alex Hern, scientific developments on the horizon could change the way we view machines. Click the