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www.lesswrong.com
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| | | | | Comment by Wei Dai - I passed up an invitation to invest in Anthropic in the initial round which valued it at $1B (it's now planning a round at $170B valuation), to avoid contributing to x-risk. (I didn't want to signal that starting another AI lab was a good idea from a x-safety perspective, or that I thought Anthropic's key people were likely to be careful enough about AI safety. Anthropic had invited a number of rationalist/EA people to invest, apparently to gain such implicit endorsements.) This idea/plan seems to legitimize giving founders and early investors of AGI companies extra influence on or ownership of the universe (or just extremely high financial returns, if they were to voluntarily sell some shares to the public as envisioned here), which is ... | |
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techrights.org
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| | | | | [AI summary] The text is a compilation of various topics and discussions, including commentary on internet and technology trends, software development, personal reflections, and specific events such as the 'xz' backdoor issue and the legal dispute between filmmakers and Reddit. It also mentions the use of Gemini as an alternative to the World Wide Web, along with personal and technical musings. | |
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thezvi.wordpress.com
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| | | | | They said it couldn't be done. No, not Claude Sonnet 3.5 becoming the clear best model. No, not the Claude-Sonnet-empowered automatic meme generators. Those were whipped together in five minutes. They said I would never get quiet time and catch up. Well, I showed them! That's right. Yes, there is a new best model, but... | |
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www.eliza-ng.me
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| | | The recent news of the demise of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has sparked debate over the role of government in protecting depositors and ensuring that banks do not become a burden on taxpayers. SVB's failure was caused by its heavy investment in long-term bonds, whose value dropped when interest rates rose. This left the bank unable to meet its obligations to depositors, who would have lost their money had the government not stepped in with emergency funds. | ||
