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Comment by yearesadpeople

9 hours ago

I don't say this lighly, but I am concerned for Karpathy. The economic context appears missing from these analysis. I get the impression / image that a large cohort want us to assume the 'hands are off the wheel' and that AI 'is in another dimension of intelligence' and 'we have no idea what is going on'; i.e. total abdication of professional duty, which is a hell of a thing to be triumphantly tweeting about.

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mottiden  8 hours ago

I think that the environment that surrounds him may explain his perspective. As human beings, we see things very much influenced by the people around us. I think that every day, at large labs, people are surrounded by discussions similar to 'we have obtained another dimension of intelligence'. Shared expectations can become self-reinforcing, making a particular vision of the future seem around the corner.

  • saberience  7 hours ago

    I see this from everyone I know who works at Anthropic, they seem trapped in some sort of AI psychosis where AI is on the verge of ending the world.

    Meanwhile, back in the real-world, most people I know use Chatgpt a few times a week for totally mundane shit and even more people never use AI at all.

    And in my world, the latest frontier models still do moronic shit in the codebase all the time.

    Meanwhile, my friend X at Anthropic tells me he fears that AI is going to have a terminator moment within the next year or two...

    It's bizarre honestly.

    • turzmo  7 hours ago

      It seems to be a strange variation of Pascal's wager to me: both arguments make an extraordinary claim while neutralizing any rational discussion about it, by appealing to infinitely extreme outcomes.

  • alfiedotwtf  8 hours ago

    Lester Bangs: what are you listening to?

    William Miller: Stillwater

    Lester Bangs: Stillwater?

    HANGS UP

    Lester Bangs: Fucking kid’s doing drugs