Ankur Pandey

@duncanreyburn No decent philosopher takes Christianity (or any religion) seriously enough to write in their bio

No decent philosopher believes ‘machine consciousness’ is (or ever will be) a thing.

@akshay_pachaar Brilliant. But needs a bit more update - commands - plugins See #MJjzS3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">rustpad.io/#MJjzS3

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@ninja_maths @razibkhan There's a teacher in a small town India who teaches underprivileged kids (esp girls) physics, math, engineering concepts at a night school. 5-6 years olds learn concepts of teen / late teen levels. See (in Hindi) youtu.be/GLb6H-n8GkI?si…

For anyone wondering how a third-grader can complete six years' worth of math in a single year. This knowledge graph spans 3,000 math topics, from 4th grade to the university level, providing the perfect basis for mastery learning. Students can go as fast or far as they want! There are no restrictions whatsoever. The only requirement is that they must demonstrate mastery of each topic before moving on to the next. Kids are capable of incredible things when given that kind of freedom and support.

He won.

@PredictiveHistory" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@PredictiveHis… excellent, very lucid tutorial style videos in #GeoPolitics, #SecretSocieties and such

This video by @xueqinjiang was 8 months ago. #USIranConflict #Iran

the "you can't care about the future if you don't have kids" people are morally repulsive to me. are you seriously incapable of caring about people you're not related to? and you think that's a problem with OTHER people?

For people attending #AIImpactSummit, #NewDelhi : there's an informal *AI safety mixer* happening *today evening (17 Feb)* . (for people interested in tech AI safety, alignment, responsible AI, AI security, AI+philosophy, etc) If interested, RSVP @ luma.com/o5f17ino

During the AI Impact Summit, India, some of us are hosting an informal AI safety mixer. Are you someone with demonstrable interest in AI safety ++ (AI safety, AI alignment, AI security, AI philosophy, etc)? If yes, join us in this informal mixer during the AI Impact Summit, India to network, exchange notes, discuss, etc RSVP @ luma.com/o5f17ino #AIsafety #AIalignment #AIImpactSummit

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Key point here that I hope gets internalized broadly: Even at current capabilities, AI will re-shape the labor market. The reason this is not showing up in the data very dramatically is because it takes time for organizations to adapt scaffolding to new tools.

@meltingdiodes @keshav_xyz @DhravyaShah @supermemory Fair. But AI slop was not the only point about the thread. If you read news there're 10x worse clickbaits everyday. The guy is just seeking engagement :)

@AnkurPandey @keshav_xyz @DhravyaShah @supermemory no hate, Ankur. people should be called out when they make idiotic assertions. also, you should be called out for getting one-shotted by this dude's AI slop thread 👎

Hope I don't get a DM from @DhravyaShah asking me to delete this thread... So, for the past few months I've been building a reliable, low latency graph RAG architecture - papers, repos, endless Perplexity chat. Then I saw @supermemory 's <250ms retrieval latency. How?! 🧵👇

@SparshAgarwall @AltCarbonIndia @iiscbangalore @gautambhatia88 @AlterMagIndia Wow. The mag has such an enchanting design. Sufi, surreal, futuristic - everything in one. Take my attention :)

celebrating the history of Indian sci fi on the sidelines of launching @AltCarbonIndia’s new R&D facility at @iiscbangalore read @gautambhatia88’s piece on @AlterMagIndia here— altermag.com/articles/the-s…

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You're transported to the #Pluribus world. What would you choose to be?

@deanwball @DKokotajlo Similar points like @sebkrier?

Would be curious to read a post from @DKokotajlo explaining why his timelines have lengthened. The question I find myself asking, though, is: might the prediction error be not just about forecasting timelines incorrectly, but also flawed assumptions about the nature of “AGI” and “superintelligence” themselves? In my recent debate with @tegmark and many similar debates I’ve had over the past two years, this, rather than timelines alone, has been the crux. Typically in these debates I will argue something like “you are misapprehending the nature of ‘intelligence’ if you think ‘being really intelligent’ means ‘possessing the will and ability to dominate the world.’” This remains my view. Intelligence is powerful, but it is far from magic. Skilled forecasters can carefully model how inputs like data, compute, and the like will grow. They can extrapolate the straight lines on graphs. But all that careful modeling can still prove misleading if the forecast is based on incorrect assumptions about the nature of intelligence itself. I would encourage those who have high p(dooms) to consider whether it is not just timelines worth revising, but basic assumptions about what it is we appear to be building. Now for my caveats: none of this means “AI capabilities are leveling off.” Over the coming years I expect that AI will improve faster than the vast majority of Americans anticipate. It will an incredibly powerful and consequential technology—very possibly the most consequential development in many centuries or longer. It’s still possible that AI could cause serious job loss, though the above notes on the nature of intelligence should factor into your analysis here. There are other novel risks, too, about which I have said plenty. None of this is to downplay all concerns, risks, etc. Instead I am specifically countering the line of thinking behind the superintelligence ban, and any other argument rooted in “doom-y” assumptions about intelligence.

@AnnaLeptikon TIL this was done with the help of a naming company (whose sole job is to name names).

I was happier before I learned about this.