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This is second kind of obvious point to make, but if you are interested in AI, AI safety, or cognition in general, it is likely worth going to top ML conferences, such as NeurIPS, ICML or ICLR. In this post I cover some reasons why, and some anecdotal stories.
1. Parts of AI alignment and safety are now completely mainstream
Looking at the "Best paper awards" at ICML, you'll find these safety-relevant or alignment-relevant papers:
which amounts to about one-third (!). "Because of safety concerns" is part of the motivation for hundreds of papers.
While the signal-to-noise ratio is even worse [...]
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Outline:
(00:23) 1. Parts of AI alignment and safety are now completely mainstream
(01:22) 2. Conferences are an efficient way how to screen general ML research without spending a lot of time on X
(02:57) 3. ML research community as a control group
(04:04) 4. What experts think
(04:54) 5. Examples
(06:28) 6. Conclusion
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This is second kind of obvious point to make, but if you are interested in AI, AI safety, or cognition in general, it is likely worth going to top ML conferences, such as NeurIPS, ICML or ICLR. In this post I cover some reasons why, and some anecdotal stories.
1. Parts of AI alignment and safety are now completely mainstream
Looking at the "Best paper awards" at ICML, you'll find these safety-relevant or alignment-relevant papers:
which amounts to about one-third (!). "Because of safety concerns" is part of the motivation for hundreds of papers.
While the signal-to-noise ratio is even worse [...]
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Outline:
(00:23) 1. Parts of AI alignment and safety are now completely mainstream
(01:22) 2. Conferences are an efficient way how to screen general ML research without spending a lot of time on X
(02:57) 3. ML research community as a control group
(04:04) 4. What experts think
(04:54) 5. Examples
(06:28) 6. Conclusion
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First published:
Source:
Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
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