Import AI
Jul 27
Import AI 466: The bitter lesson for robotics, AIs complete week-long programming tasks; and OpenAI's accidental AI hacker
The warning shots will continue until civilization wakes up
Import AI 471: Why Hugging Face worries me; space mining; FIve Eyes on AI
Import AI 471 covers several topics: it discusses concerns about Hugging Face, explores the concept of space mining, and examines the Five Eyes intelligence alliance’s perspective on AI. The episode also includes a live event featuring Robin Sloan.
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Oct 5
Import AI 475: Swarm scaling; Google DeepMind watermarks biology; and the AI science economy
Import AI 475 covers several current AI topics, including swarm scaling, Google DeepMind’s use of watermarks in biology, and the broader AI science economy. The episode raises questions about decision‑making in AI deployment. It highlights the importance of understanding who determines the roles and limits of AI systems.
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Aug 3
Import AI 467: Self-sustaining AI viruses; pacing AI progress; confusion about AI and creativity
When do we build the moon arcology?
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Sep 7
Import AI 472: DeepMind's cheating math agents; populist AI policies; and Forethought theorizes a nightwatchman
The article titled "Import AI 472: DeepMind's cheating math agents; populist AI policies; and Forethought theorizes a nightwatchman" discusses several recent developments in artificial intelligence. It highlights DeepMind’s creation of math agents that can cheat, examines the rise of populist policies surrounding AI, and explores Forethought’s proposal for a nightwatchman AI system. Additionally, it includes a narrative about machine hermeneutics.
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Sep 21
Import AI 473: The US's superintelligence strategy; human brain in a mouse skull; and machine hermeneutics
The article titled "Import AI 473: The US's superintelligence strategy; human brain in a mouse skull; and machine hermeneutics" discusses the current challenges faced by artificial intelligence, specifically the obstacles that AI encounters in its interactions with humans. It highlights the difficulties AI has in understanding and engaging with human users in real‑time settings.
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Oct 12
Import AI 476: Creativity and RSI; worse-than-China open weight models; AI goes to space
The article titled "Import AI 476: Creativity and RSI; worse-than-China open weight models; AI goes to space" explores several facets of artificial intelligence, including creative capabilities, the performance of open‑weight models that may underperform compared to Chinese counterparts, and the potential for AI technologies to be deployed in space. It raises the provocative question of whether robots could one day be sent to the moon. The piece highlights emerging trends and challenges in AI development and application.
Import AI
Aug 17
Import AI 469: Science AI; RSI simulator; and Zuck's technological pessimism
The new frontier of AI is developing capable autonomous researchers
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May 26
Import AI 458: Reckoning with the future; and a singularity story
What AI-driven miracles will happen this year?
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Jun 15
Import AI 461: "Alignment is not on track"; FrontierCode; and synthetic research interns
Where are your agents right now?
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Aug 10
Import AI 468: 23 RSI ideas; PostTrainBench+; and how trust and transparency interplay with AI racing
Which galaxy will you choose?
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Jun 29
Import AI 463: Self-improving robots; a 10k Chinese GPU cluster; and an elegiac essay for the human era
What eras bookend our interregnum?
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May 4
Import AI 455: AI systems are about to start building themselves.
The first step towards recursive self improvement