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Sequence to sequence learning with neural networks: what a decade

by dspoka on 12/14/24, 5:38 AM with 31 comments

  • by nopinsight on 12/14/24, 7:08 AM

    An important point from this talk:

    The better the models are at reasoning, the less predictable they become.

    This is analogous to top chess engines which make surprising moves that even human super grandmasters can't always understand.

    Thus, the future will be unpredictable (if superintelligence takes control).

    Link to the full talk & the time he talks about this: https://youtu.be/1yvBqasHLZs?si=3M6eZCQtXnW2tSUd&t=866

  • by Caitlynmeeks on 12/14/24, 7:31 AM

    if you don't want to dip your toe in the festering pile of crap that is X:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yvBqasHLZs

  • by defenestrated on 12/14/24, 7:57 AM

  • by skissane on 12/14/24, 6:57 AM

    Already being discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42413677

  • by tablatom on 12/14/24, 8:41 AM

    Any recommendations for thinkers writing good analysis on the implications of superintelligence for society? Especially interested in positive takes that are well thought through. Are there any?

    Ideally voices that don’t have a vested interest.

    For example, give a superintelligence some money, tell it to start a company. Surely it’s going to quickly understand it needs to manipulate people to get them to do the things it wants, in the same way a kindergarten teacher has to “manipulate” the kids sometimes. Personally I can’t see how we’re not going to find ourselves in a power struggle with these things.

    Does that make me an AI doomer party pooper? So far I haven’t found a coherent optimistic analysis. Just lots of very superficial “it will solve hard problems for us! Cure disease!”

    It certainly could be that I haven’t looked hard enough. That’s why I’m asking.

  • by melvinmelih on 12/14/24, 7:36 AM

    Interesting that he left out the concept of safety (being the founder of a company called Safe SuperIntelligence). Would have been curious to his thoughts on that.

  • by thih9 on 12/14/24, 6:51 AM

    Is there a transcript? The slides are very clear and useful already but I guess there is more.

  • by ChumpGPT on 12/14/24, 6:47 AM