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“AI #65: I Spy With My AI” by Zvi

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In terms of things that go in AI updates, this has been the busiest two week period so far. Every day ends with more open tabs than it started, even within AI.

As a result, some important topics are getting pushed to whenever I can give them proper attention. Triage is the watchword.

In particular, this post will NOT attempt to cover:

  1. Schumer's AI report and proposal.
    1. This is definitely RTFB. Don’t assume anything until then.
    2. Tyler Cowen's rather bold claim that AI Safety died in May 2024 (?).
      1. Rarely has timing of attempted inception of such a claim been worse.
      2. Would otherwise be ready with this but want to do Schumer first if possible.
      3. He clarified or walked it back a bit this morning via Arnaud Schenk. The new claim may be something more akin [...]

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        Outline:

        (02:22) Language Models Offer Mundane Utility

        (07:10) Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility

        (09:38) OpenAI versus Google

        (11:32) GPT-4o My

        (16:48) Responsable Scaling Policies

        (26:21) Copyright Confrontation

        (27:45) Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon

        (29:37) They Took Our Jobs

        (31:33) Get Involved

        (32:23) Introducing

        (33:11) Reddit and Weep

        (35:14) In Other AI News

        (40:03) I Spy With My AI (or Total Recall)

        (47:55) Quiet Speculations

        (49:58) Politico is at it Again

        (56:23) Beating China

        (58:11) The Quest for Sane Regulations

        (59:25) SB 1047 Update

        (01:05:35) That's Not a Good Idea

        (01:08:47) The Week in Audio

        (01:10:05) Rhetorical Innovation

        (01:13:20) Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult

        (01:19:11) The Lighter Side

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        First published:

        May 23rd, 2024

        Source:

        https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/jkWvyzRzZQoaeq4mG/ai-65-i-spy-with-my-ai

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        Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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