Re: [agi] Quelling the "AGI risk" nonsense the old fashioned way: Insurance

2024-03-27 Thread Quan Tesla
Time's running out. How many years of talking shit on this forum and still no real progress to show? Hands up! How many here entered serious contracts of collaborative AGI via this forum? If yes, what results have you to show for it? On Thu, Mar 28, 2024, 05:53 James Bowery wrote: > AGI won't

[agi] Quelling the "AGI risk" nonsense the old fashioned way: Insurance

2024-03-27 Thread James Bowery
AGI won't happen until there is a ML capable of winning the next increment of the Hutter Prize. If any insurance companies want to underwrite the risks of AGI, they can't do better than underwrite the Hutter Prize to keep tabs on those risks in a completely objective manner.

Re: [agi] How AI will kill us

2024-03-27 Thread John Rose
On Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at 3:15 PM, Matt Mahoney wrote: > I predict a return of smallpox and polio because people won't get vaccinated. > We have already seen it happen with measles. I think it’s a much higher priority as to what’s with that non-human DNA integrated into chromosomes 9 and

Re: [agi] How AI will kill us

2024-03-27 Thread Matt Mahoney
I predict a return of smallpox and polio because people won't get vaccinated. We have already seen it happen with measles. Also, just to be clear, I think "misinformation" and "protecting children" are codewords for censorship, which I oppose. The one truly anonymous and censor proof network that

Re: [agi] How AI will kill us

2024-03-27 Thread John Rose
On Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at 12:37 PM, Matt Mahoney wrote: > Flat Earthers, including the majority who secretly know the world is round, have a more important message. How do you know what is true? We need to emphasize hard science verses intergenerational pseudo-religious belief systems

Re: [agi] How AI will kill us

2024-03-27 Thread John Rose
On Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at 12:37 PM, Matt Mahoney wrote: > We have a fairly good understanding of biological self replicators and how to prime the immune systems of humans and farm animals to fight them. But how to fight misinformation? Regarding the kill-shots you emphasize reproduction

Re: [agi] Singularity watch.

2024-03-27 Thread Matt Mahoney
AGI will be slow takeoff because: 1. Fast takeoff implies that AGI crosses the threshold of human intelligence and starts improving itself. But no such threshold exists. It depends on how you measure intelligence. Computers are already a billion times smarter on tests of arithmetic and short term

Re: [agi] How AI will kill us

2024-03-27 Thread Matt Mahoney
On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 10:23 AM Keyvan M. Sadeghi wrote: > > I'm thinking of a solution Re: free speech > https://github.com/keyvan-m-sadeghi/volume-buttons > > Wrote this piece but initial feedback from a few friends is that the text is > too top down. > > Feedback is much appreciated 珞 All

Re: [agi] How AI will kill us

2024-03-27 Thread Keyvan M. Sadeghi
I'm thinking of a solution Re: free speech https://github.com/keyvan-m-sadeghi/volume-buttons Wrote this piece but initial feedback from a few friends is that the text is too top down. Feedback is much appreciated 珞 On Wed, Mar 27, 2024, 2:42 PM John Rose wrote: > On Monday, March 25, 2024,

Re: [agi] How AI will kill us

2024-03-27 Thread John Rose
On Monday, March 25, 2024, at 5:18 AM, stefan.reich.maker.of.eye wrote: > On Saturday, March 23, 2024, at 11:10 PM, Matt Mahoney wrote: >> Also I have been eating foods containing DNA every day of my life without >> any bad effects. > > Why would that have bad effects? That used to not be an