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Using "speculative" as a pejorative is part of an anti-epistemic pattern that suppresses reasoning under uncertainty

If you disagree with someone's reasoning, just point out the flaw, or the premise you disagree with. If someone disparages an argument as "speculative", you can just say "Yeah, it's reasoning about uncertainty. Are you saying peo…

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House Republicans are trying to sneak in a provision banning states from regulating AI in any way for 10 years – “If you were to want to launch a reboot of the Terminator, this ban would be a good starting point.”

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‘AI models are capable of novel research’: OpenAI’s chief scientist on what to expect

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Bret Weinstein says a human child is basically an LLM — ingesting language, experimenting, and learning from feedback. We’ve now replicated that process in machines, only faster and at scale. “The idea that they will become conscious and we won’t know is . . . highly likely.”

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Recently CEOs of leading AI companies have grown increasingly confident about rapid progress. What explains the shift? Is it just hype? Or could we really have Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) by 2030? A deep dive into forecasting AGI

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"Science fiction never comes true" says the person through their tablet, debating pseudonymous intellectuals on the virtual world forum, just like in Ender’s Game

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