The topic of...LLMs? Because that's what this thread is. If you come in here and you start talking about something that's entirely unrelated to LLMs (what was that about red herrings?) I'll point it out.
And if it's based on Yudkowskism, all the more reason to call it out. You're aware of the sexual abuse and death Eli Yudkowski is either directly or indirectly responsible for, right?
This official didn't just expose state secrets. They were using ChatGPT in the dumbest way I can imagine:
ChatGPT served as a journal for the Chinese operative to keep track of the covert network, while much of the network’s content was generated by other tools and spread through social media accounts and websites.
A journal. A freaking journal.
From a chatbot that is known to change text on a whim.
It is everything to do with your claim about its inevitability, because we're witnessing real life in the present day, not some fantasy prediction of the future. If people like Dario and Eli get their way, there will be no future to get AGI.
... I am growing increasingly concerned you really are a Yudkowskist rationalist
I've been saying the exact same thing since around 2016 or so - long before LLMs were even a thing
You really aren't beating the Yudkowsky/LessWrong allegations with this one, you know.
If you really think LLMs might mean nothing at all when it comes to actually achieving AGI, then maybe you should speak out against the environmental destruction they're doing today with full endorsement from Anthropic and all the other corporate AI perverts.
To put it simply, I do in fact care a great deal, because Android is also moving towards centralization from Google. It's bad. It's all bad.
These companies can't be trusted with their identity, and they've been demonstrably untrustworthy for over a decade. Have you heard of Total Information Awareness and its spawn? PRISM? Palantir?
Ironically, Dario Amadei's anti-China chauvenism might loop back around to supporting surveillance on U.S. citizens.
So do you think Dyson Spheres are inevitable too? Because things advance?
You're also shifting your goalposts tremendously. First you were implying that today's AI would bring about AGI and now you're saying that something, somewhere, might happen in some sci-fi future.
I'm not sure if you're actually worried about present day destruction, though, because you seemed to not like it when I brought up with the AGI true believers are doing to the vulnerable people that flock to them. Dario is on board with Trump's fossil fuel, anti-green buildout too.
If you believe so much in AI, but allegedly believe in the things you've talked about, perhaps it's time to start criticizing the people you hold so dear.
My reply was a continuation of your joke, just using Dario's actual words. My point is that he too lacks a conscience (see also, the other links I've posted)
Your claim: AI seems to be getting better, therefore AGI will happen
My rebuttal: they aren't linked
Other important things you must reconcile with: the sexual abuse, the death toll, etc from the True Believers
Does that clear matters up?
There enlies my point. Mozilla added a feature that is buried so deep in Firefox that you don't even know if it's actually there.
It is there, believe it or not. I criticize these things, but I also tested it the day it arrived.
But despite the way Mozilla buried it, the code is still there. It still makes Firefox more complex to maintain, and Mozilla still spent time and money putting it in. Imagine if Mozilla spent those resources actually trying to help people, instead of treating AI like companies used to treat blockchain: as a solution looking for a problem.
Every Anthropic PR release has been followed up by a huge infusion of cash from companies like Google and Amazon.
On January 21, 2025, Amodei said that he was “more confident than ever” that we’re “very close” to “powerful capabilities,” defined as “systems that are better than almost all humans at almost all terms,” citing his long, boring essay. A day later, Anthropic would raise another $1 billion from Google.
I think Dorsey left a Bluesky a long time ago. is Dorsey's social media of choice. He's obsessed with Bitcoin. They're obsessed with Bitcoin. He gave them a huge Bitcoin donation...