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How AI Takeover Might Happen in 2 Years

The AI Alignment Forum

As U2 trains, it sculpts more challenging and realistic tasks from github repositories on the internet. Surely intelligence cant emerge from a pool of silicon and lightning, isolated from the physical world except through the exhaust of society spewed onto the internet. Models are learning to train themselves. Your friend.

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Hustler at the end of the world

The Verge

As the world shut down in March 2020, anxious knowledge workers barricaded themselves at home, scrubbing produce with soap. After a long military career, Rob took his talents to the private sector, managing logistics in Sudan, Colombia, and Iraq. Illustrations by Emily Lopez for The Verge. What’s the course of action?