Comment by michaelhoney

15 hours ago

I think you're not appreciating the work that Ajeya Cotra has done over the years. She really cares about timelines and existential risk.

Not everything is grift.

There is no existential risk, they are statistical models that predict words. The fact that anyone says this makes them instantly not credible. Anyone who does is either a grifter, psychotic or both.

  • >they are statistical models that predict words

    And you people have been repeating this meaningless phrase for over six years now. But AI hasn't gone away, now has it? Progress is speeding up. Superintelligence is coming.