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Welcome to Import AI, a newsletter about AI research. Import AI runs on lattes, ramen, and feedback from readers. If you'd like to support this, please subscribe. Subscribe now Import A-IdeaAn occasional longer form essay series Preamble: After giving this speech there was a helpful discussion in the Q&A session about whether it is load-bearing...
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[AI summary] The text discusses the challenges and criticisms surrounding the adoption and impact of generative AI (GenAI). It highlights issues such as the high energy and water consumption of GenAI, the lack of profitability for companies despite significant investments, and the environmental costs. The text also critiques the notion that AI is a panacea for societal problems, pointing out the inefficiencies and potential for misuse. Additionally, it touches on the desperation within the tech industry to promote AI adoption, including government and corporate efforts to make GenAI indispensable.
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Confronting and Overcoming the Risks of Powerful AI
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(Note: I wrote this with editing help from Rob and Eliezer. Eliezer's responsible for a few of the paragraphs.) A common confusion I see in the tiny fragment of the world that knows about logical decision theory (FDT/UDT/etc.), is that people think LDT agents are genial and friendly for each other.[1] One recent example is Will Eden's tweet about how maybe a molecular paperclip/squiggle maximizer would leave humanity a few stars/galaxies/whatever on game-theoretic grounds. (And that's just one example; I hear this suggestion bandied around pretty often.)
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