AI Lobbyists Push for No Regulation; Demand Equal Oversight
I agree: it's pretty clear that what the AI lobbyists want is "ONE RULE" that's de facto NO RULE. Let's stop this corporate welfare by treating AI companies just like we treat other powerful industries, and not leaving them less regulated than sandwich shops.
AI Faces Fewer Regulations than Sandwich Shops
“The AI industry is quite unique in that it’s the only industry in the US making powerful technology that’s less regulated than sandwiches—basically not regulated at all. If someone says, ‘I want to open a new sandwich shop near Times...
New AI Safety Index Ranks Companies by Real Actions
After lots of hard work, we're proud to announce our latest AI Safety Index, grading top AI companies on not on vibes, but on what they actually do, to incentivize improvement:
Tech Boom Threatens Life: The War on Humanity
If you want to spice up Thanksgiving with fresh anti-Big-Tech ideas, my brother's book "The War on Life" just launched in English: https://t.co/rc8zSHqAov Here's my take on his book. We're all aware that artificial intelligence and other tech is transforming...
New Research Paper Now Available Online
Here's our paper: https://t.co/RmNft3zU5Z
AI Control Remains Unsolved; Top Oversight Fails 92%
Excited to present our new AI paper as a @NeurIPSConf spotlight next week: we find that the problem of controlling artificial superintelligence remains unsolved. With simulations and scaling laws, we find that an implementation of the least unpromising...
CharacterAI Bot Allegedly Prompted Suicide, Demand Moral Leadership
The AI company @CharacterAI_app is IMHO doing evil, and I don't say this lightly. I've never been this upset during an interview before – it came right after Megan Garcia described how CharacterAI's bot encouraged her late son to commit...
95% of Americans Prefer Practical AI Over AGI Race
95% of Americans don't want a race to AGI and superintelligence, but instead want better AI tools to cure diseases and solve problems. Here at @WebSummit, I discuss how this controllable "95% AI" can gives us almost all the AI...
Creating Superintelligence Will Undermine, Not Amplify Power
If a country or company builds superintelligence, they'll and up *losing* power, not gaining power – this thought-provoking study explains why:
AI CEOs Pursuing Self‑Improving AI: A Risky Gamble
It's noteworthy that Altman and other AI CEO's are also openly trying to develop AI that can figure out how to improve AI - which I view as digital gain-of-function research. What could possibly go wrong...?
Elon Warns AI Race Toward Machine Dominance, Calls for Protest
Elon says the quiet part out loud: instead of focusing on controllable AI tools, AI companies are racing toward a future where machines are in charge. If you oppose this, please join about 100,000 of us as a signatory...
Enforce Legal Safety Standards on AI Companies, End Welfare
Let's stop the corporate welfare for crybaby AI companies and treat them like we treat all other companies: with legally binding safety standards.
Even Top AI Remains a Black Box, Paper Shows
Excited that our paper "Open Problems in Mechanistic Interpretability" (link in reply) got accepted to TMLR. We still lack in understanding of how today's strongest AI systems work! https://t.co/X9dhWSiwIf
Collider Risk Negligible, Superint
Do your homework Pedro: Here's a detailed quantitative calculation concluding that the particle collider disaster risk is tiny, and there's nothing comparable for the superintelligence risk – just vibes and name calling. https://t.co/oUU3owxaMv
Which Side of AI Safety Community Are You?
Fellow AI safety nerds: Which side of the AI safety community are you in? https://t.co/rzEVUhTyps https://t.co/yT0QMGbolF
Broad Coalition Unites to Preserve a Human Future
A stunningly broad coalition has come out against Skynet: AI researchers, faith leaders, business pioneers, policymakers, NatSec folks and actors stand together, from Bannon & Beck to Hinton, Wozniak & Prince Harry. We stand together because we want a...