Scylla and Charybdis Way I see it, there are two big attractors for the trajectory of AI in general (not LLMs, not particularly concerned about them).... posted 2mo ago with 2 replies (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 3.7 3.7 Scylla and Charybdis (view hidden) log in to judge received 3.7 3.7
in thread "Intelligence vs Production": Yes, I agree. It's roughly what I call "the edification of purposes", as a kind of vertical counterpart to "rectification of names." 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 1.2 1.2 Yes, I agree. It's r (view hidden) log in to judge received 1.2 1.2
in thread "Rat King 1518. Insurrealist takes on Scott Alexander's "Moloch"": I kept the post from being too overtly religious as I didn't want to overextend the scope, make the arguments depend on my personal commitments, or run my mouth on a serious topic I have nowhere near sufficient expertise in (theology). That said, someone l... 5mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 5.2 5.2 I kept the post from (view hidden) log in to judge received 5.2 5.2 Moloch is certainly used as a pretext for hubris against God (as is typical of all self-righteous Ivan Karamazov types that only end up making matters worse for the very people they claim to stand in defense of), but the concept is more limited. Indeed, it... 5mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 4.1 4.1 Moloch is certainly (view hidden) log in to judge received 4.1 4.1
in thread "Agency. On Machine Intelligence and Worm Wisdom by Insurrealist": Michael Levin actually compares the developmental process, which has to cope with all manner of error, insult, variation, and adversarial action, to a variational autoencoder, so it's not like we're extremely far off from the right questions, but the cultu... 5mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 2.4 2.4 Michael Levin actual (view hidden) log in to judge received 2.4 2.4