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Why I Signed the AI Treaty Open Letter

Abstraction • 4 implied HN points • 06 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Ethics Future Security
  1. Balancing concerns about advanced AI with its potential to alleviate suffering is important.
  2. Advanced AI has immense potential to create abundance and shared prosperity if utilized responsibly.
  3. It is crucial to proceed with caution and put safeguards in place to prevent potential devastation from AI.

The Insufficient Weirdness Hypothesis

Gradient Ascendant • 20 implied HN points • 01 Jun 23
🔬 Science Future AI Science fiction Artificial Intelligence Forecasting
  1. The future is consistently weirder than expected because of unknown unknowns and unusual juxtapositions.
  2. AI development and outcomes are expected to be highly weird and unpredictable, not following a smooth exponential path.
  3. Weird and unexpected scenarios are more indicative of potential future risks to consider rather than conventional outcomes.

Visions of the AGI Future

AI and Experience Design • 19 implied HN points • 11 Apr 23
🕹 Technology AI Future Society Ethics Innovation
  1. The impact of AGI on society can vary based on whether we approach it with pessimism or optimism.
  2. Different scenarios for the future of AGI include widespread unemployment under pessimism and increased productivity and wealth distribution under optimism.
  3. The future of AGI is likely a mix of these scenarios, so actively steering towards positive outcomes is important.

Life in the time of superintelligence

Thoughts • 12 HN points • 10 Apr 23
🕹 Technology Artificial Intelligence Ethics Future Humanity Superintelligence
  1. Life in the time of superintelligence raises questions about the future of humanity and its role in a world with superintelligent AI.
  2. Our society functions as a form of superintelligence, where collective knowledge is leveraged for greater achievements.
  3. Developing superintelligence involves reconciling concerns about aligning AI values with human values, which poses challenges and uncertainties.
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It's time to Party like it's Pre-AGI! 🎉

Multimodal by Bakz T. Future • 6 implied HN points • 08 Apr 23
🕹 Technology AI Future Ethics Innovation Social Impact
  1. Summer 2023 is a time of heightened AI hype and excitement, with many believing AGI is near.
  2. AGI Fatalism is a mindset where people anticipate AGI leading to catastrophic outcomes, causing them to give up on long-term goals and indulge in pleasure.
  3. It's important to monitor the prevalence of AI Fatalism and encourage adaptability and growth mindset to navigate the societal shifts brought about by AI advancements.

Unpluggers, Deflators, and Mantic Pixel Dream Girls, Part 1: Why I am Not a Doomer

Donkeyspace • 3 implied HN points • 01 Mar 23
🕹 Technology AI Ethics Intelligence Philosophy Future
  1. The article discusses the debate around advanced AI potentially leading to catastrophic outcomes.
  2. It highlights the challenge of reasoning about unique, one-off events like a disaster scenario caused by AI.
  3. The author emphasizes the importance of considering different perspectives and being prepared for both negative and positive outcomes.

my vision of the apocalypse

the rohn report • 19 implied HN points • 30 Oct 20
🎭️ Culture Innovation Society Future Technology Community
  1. During times of stress, new innovations can appear, like the invention of bows and arrows by ancient ancestors during an encroaching ice age.
  2. Institutions have evolved rapidly due to technology, and there are institutions for studying other institutions.
  3. The younger generation may innovate and rebuild cooperatively and efficiently, utilizing their computer skills to create smart and friendly systems.

Is Gen AI Bad For Sales?

Fully Distributed by Ori Eldarov • 0 implied HN points • 27 Sep 23
💼 Business AI Sales Technology Future Strategy
  1. Gen AI may be making outbound sales more challenging by flooding prospects with personalized cold emails, causing response rates to drop.
  2. The future of sales will likely involve augmented intelligence, shifting the sales landscape towards AI-to-human and potentially AI-to-AI interactions.
  3. Salespeople need to adapt to evolving AI capabilities to stay competitive in the industry.

Duuce by Kévin Jourdan

Newsletter Circle • 0 implied HN points • 10 Jul 23
💼 Business Marketplace Acquisition Growth Future Experience
  1. The newsletter industry is growing with the emergence of platforms like Duuce dedicated to buying and selling newsletters.
  2. Duuce shifted to a vetted marketplace model, focusing on quality newsletters, success fees, and proper due diligence.
  3. Educating and providing tools for growth and monetization are key to preparing for the future of trading newsletters.

Digital Public Health Surveillance

Digital Epidemiology • 0 implied HN points • 19 Apr 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Public Health Data Sources Challenges Future
  1. Chapter 8 of the digital epidemiology book is now released, focusing on digital public health surveillance.
  2. The chapter covers a variety of data sources like search queries, social media, and wearables.
  3. One important aspect discussed is participatory surveillance, along with future challenges and opportunities in digital public health surveillance.

Unlocking the Future of AI: Active Inference vs. LLMs

Spatial Web AI by Denise Holt • 0 implied HN points • 16 Nov 23
🕹 Technology AI Future Innovation Applications Governance
  1. Active Inference AI, based on the Free Energy Principle, represents a shift in AI, mimicking human brain function and continuous evolution, differing from static AI models.
  2. Large Language Models (LLMs) may excel in content creation but fall short in real-world applications due to lacking contextual awareness, explainability, and action-taking ability.
  3. Integration of Active Inference with HSML and HSTP in the Spatial Web forms a dynamic, self-evolving global network of intelligent agents, enabling governance frameworks and applications across various industries.

VERSES AI Demos Genius™ AI Platform: Pioneering the Future of AI with Active Inference

Spatial Web AI by Denise Holt • 0 implied HN points • 04 Nov 23
🕹 Technology Artificial Intelligence Innovation Future Evolution Applications
  1. VERSES AI's Genius™ platform showcases a new direction for AI with Active Inference, First Principles AI, and Shared Intelligence.
  2. Genius™ breaks away from traditional AI by utilizing Active Inference, which enables real-time learning and adaptation similar to the human brain.
  3. The Hyperspatial Modeling Language (HSML) acts as a bridge between virtual and real-world entities, facilitating multidimensional knowledge processing for intelligent agents.

Daily AI Snapshot: The Double-Edged Sword of AI Companionship

The AI Observer • 0 implied HN points • 13 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Ethics Humanity Debate Future
  1. Ethical Considerations: Balancing emotional support from AI assistants with maintaining genuine human connections is crucial.
  2. Historical Awareness: It's important to learn from past mistakes to prevent power imbalances in relationships.
  3. Humanistic Values: AI advancements should complement, not overshadow, the significance of humanities in understanding human nature and ethics.

3. Language, code, our minds and the future

Insight Axis • 0 implied HN points • 20 Dec 21
🕹 Technology Language Code Mind Future
  1. Our minds are influenced by the structure, content, and presentation of information, such as the language we speak, read, and write.
  2. Jobs won't be fully replaced by code and AI but rather evolve with these technological advancements, where humans will use computational tools to enhance their work.
  3. As programming becomes more common, our written and spoken language may change, simplifying sentences and potentially leading to a future where thinking in code affects how we write in prose.

Four Laws of Brand-Building in the Digital Age (Part 4 of 4)

The Intersection • 0 implied HN points • 02 Jun 21
💼 Business Innovation Culture Future Value Technology
  1. Achieving success in innovation and transformation requires a balance between ideal aspirations and practical execution.
  2. Digital transformation is more about cultural change within organizations than just adopting digital tools.
  3. Creating new value in the world involves identifying practical solutions to existing problems by being innovative and precise.

AI is now smarter than the average human: What does this mean?

FutureIQ • 0 implied HN points • 13 Mar 24
🕹 Technology AI Intelligence Future Ethics Innovation
  1. The average IQ is 100 with a standard deviation of 15, impacting how we perceive intelligence levels in different populations.
  2. IQ alone is not a perfect measure of success, and high IQ does not guarantee achievement; other factors like hard work and communication skills play crucial roles.
  3. Even though AI might achieve the average human IQ, it doesn't mean they are like humans; be prepared for surprises in their capabilities and behaviors, and always stay updated with AI advancements.

Better without AI

Meaningness • 0 implied HN points • 14 Feb 23
🕹 Technology AI Books Ethics Safety Future
  1. AI, like ChatGPT, has rapidly gained popularity, but its risks are severe and real.
  2. The book proposes different strategies from AI ethics and safety to tackle potential bad outcomes.
  3. It suggests that we could achieve the benefits of future AI without facing its dangers.

Coming soon

Surfing the Future • 0 implied HN points • 27 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Future
  1. There is a post coming soon from John Elkington on january 27, 2024.
  2. The post will be on johnelkington.substack.com.
  3. It seems like the post will be related to 'Surfing the Future'.

Altman's Stanford Speech: Focusing on Current AI Limitations Is Futile, GPT-5 Will Render All Efforts Obsolete

AI Disruption • 0 implied HN points • 28 Apr 24
🕹 Technology AI Speech Future Startups AGI
  1. AI is rapidly advancing with GPT-5 set to surpass GPT-4, indicating untapped potential for AI to revolutionize various industries.
  2. OpenAI's pursuit of AGI aims to make AI accessible and beneficial to everyone, emphasizing the importance of balancing progress with ethical considerations.
  3. Future AI developments like GPT-5 will make current limitations irrelevant, creating opportunities for new ideas and startups to thrive in the evolving tech landscape.