Building self-improving superintelligence
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Ex: Stanford Adj Prof, Chief Scientist at Salesforce, CEO MetaMind
A fascinating little glimpse at how Europe keeps destroying its entrepreneurs, one "tiny little obviously reasonable who could possibly object" regulation at a time. The US has a thriving ecosystem of small electronics manufacturers; Europe has just killed its equivalent
Some of the scientists I respect don't think AI will help cure cancer or solve our biggest problems.
I disagree.
After nearly 20 years working in AI and NLP, I could not be more hopeful about the future. I believe that accelerating scientific discovery will be the most
How to balance
1. Incrementally fixing the misery of the moment; and
2. Long-term advances in science and technology to truly solve the underlying problems;
is the most important philosophical question of humanity. It cuts across the political spectrum.
Access to novel tech and
How bad was life before modern science, technology, and economic growth? Awful.
The example I will use in class this Wednesday is Henry Clay (1777-1852). He was one of the most powerful men of his time in the U.S., not just among the elite but among the elite of the elite:
