AI Thoughts
Honestly:
I don’t want AI to make me 10x more productive so that I can “crush it” and “stay ahead of everyone else.”
I actually just want a calmer, more creative, more self-directed life. And I want that for society too.
Iversonsubstack.comDemis Hassabis just defined the real test for AGI. It’s more brutal than anyone expected.
Train AI on all human knowledge. Cut it off at 1911. See if it independently discovers general relativity like Einstein did in 1915.
If it can, we have AGI. If not, we’re still building pattern... See more
Dustinx.comSo let me propose a somewhat crude distinction between 2 kinds of art:
- Art consumed as a commodity , or used to sell a product. For many people, these kinds of works might not qualify as “art” at all, because they’re not intended to create an autonomous aesthetic experience. Their aesthetic qualities are often subservient to a functional purpose.
