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“AI #93: Happy Tuesday” by Zvi


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You know how you can sometimes have Taco Tuesday… on a Thursday? Yep, it's that in reverse. I will be travelling the rest of the week, so it made sense to put this out early, and incorporate the rest of the week into #94.

Table of Contents

  1. Language Models Offer Mundane Utility. The price is fixed, so share and enjoy.
  2. Dare Not Speak Its Name. David Mayer. David Mayer! Guido Scorza?
  3. Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility. It's a flop.
  4. Huh, Upgrades. Cohere, and reports on Claude writing styles.
  5. Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon. Why do we not care about spoof calls?
  6. Fun With Image Generation. Scott Sumner explains why he cares about art.
  7. The Art of the Jailbreak. You had one job.
  8. Get Involved. Anthropic AI safety fellows program, apply now.
  9. Introducing. a voice customization [...]
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    Outline:

    (00:21) Language Models Offer Mundane Utility

    (03:44) Dare Not Speak Its Name

    (04:49) Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility

    (06:59) Huh, Upgrades

    (07:45) Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon

    (10:45) Fun With Image Generation

    (10:58) The Art of the Jailbreak

    (11:24) Get Involved

    (11:39) Introducing

    (12:20) In Other AI News

    (13:28) Quiet Speculations

    (16:29) Daron Acemoglu is Worried About Job Market Liquidity

    (21:29) Pick Up the Phone

    (23:12) The Quest for Sane Regulations

    (25:32) The Week in Audio

    (28:45) AGI Looking Like

    (33:27) Rhetorical Innovation

    (34:53) Open Weight Models are Unsafe and Nothing Can Fix This

    (38:27) Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult

    (40:08) We Would Be So Stupid As To

    (41:30) The Lighter Side

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    First published:

    December 4th, 2024

    Source:

    https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/LBzRWoTQagRnbPWG4/ai-93-happy-tuesday

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