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Why the recent statement on the risk of extinction from AI is important, and why I didn't sign it
A new statement from the Center for AI Safety claims the extinction risk presented by AI should be a global priority. I argue that potential…
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Andrew Maynard
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Is biological computing the future of AI?
A recent paper advocates for a new field of "organoid intelligence" based on interconnected and interfaced brain organoids. It could be a game-changer…
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Andrew Maynard
Leading AI expert says we should we be acting now to avoid future risks of "rogue AIs" — is he right?
In a new blog post, Yoshua Bengio lays out his rationale for why we should be paying a lot more attention to the existential risks presented by future…
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Can large language models be used for predictive policing? And if so, should we be worried?
If LLMs and interfaces like ChatGPT can predict reasonable human responses to questions, are they also capable of predicting human behavior -- and does…
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Some thoughts on yesterday's historic Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of AI
Yesterday, three witnesses — two from the private sector, one from the public sector — testified before a packed hearing of the US Senate Committee on…
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Respectfully Erik Schmidt, industry can't get AI governance right on its own!
There was a video clip from Meet The Press doing the rounds this weekend with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt claiming that AI is just too complex for…
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Unraveling the Luddite Narrative
A few weeks ago I was asked to write an explainer on Luddites and Neo Luddites for The Conversation. That article has just been published, and as always…
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This is not your "traditional" prompt engineering!
Even though the ChatGPT is just a few months old, it's already shaking up what it means to "prompt engineer."
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US White House Embraces Responsible Innovation as Society Faces an AI Tsunami
Today's fact-sheet from the Biden-Harris administration is the clearest indication yet that the US is beginning to understand the societal and economic…
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Tipping Points and Broken Symmetries
It's tempting to think we can predict the future from the past--especially with advanced technology transitions. But as a simple 1980's demonstration…
Catalyzing transformative conversations about the future ... with pizza?
There's something inspiring about talking with undergraduates about the future — especially when there's pizza involved.
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Andrew Maynard
April 2023
In Bill Joy's "Why The Future Doesn't Need us" AI is nowhere, and everywhere
23 years ago, the Sun Microsystems co-founder raised serious concerns about out-of-control technology innovation. As we grapple with the latest wave of…
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