In the largest survey of its kind, we surveyed 2,778 researchers who had published in top-tier artificial intelligence (AI) venues, asking for their predictions on the pace of AI progress and the nature and impacts of advanced AI systems […]. . There was disagreement about whether faster or slower AI progress would be better for the future of humanity. However, there was broad agreement that research aimed at minimizing potential risks from AI systems ought to be prioritized more. Future of AI.
People: VUCA for uncertainty in complex scenes. The DIY Guitar pedal - hackers, sellers, .. a nice chaos! Research on unicycling reactions. Hospital Adverse Events and Private Equity in the US. German protests against far-right. Sand mafias.
Tech: Lobbying for AI - how to balance BigTech power. Language and mind - is LLM a key. Security and furbies. Boeing whistleblower alert. About Portable EPUB. Dijkstra’s take on Computer Science. Massive data leaks. Origami logic = origami computers?
Random: The world of number stations. Is Emergence of life expected (PDF)? Dungeons and Dragons turns 50.
AI Strategy: AI evolution’s signs and portents. A well-prompted GPT-4 beats the best specialized medical AI. AI to automate some research (chemistry?). An important data organisational role: connectors. Thousands of AI Authors on the Future of AI: one agreement: 2024 should be about minimizing risk.
DIY: SDR with a RP2040 (Tayloe demod).
Definitely love this illustration from a great substack
