Imran Khan

"We measure AIs to see whether they can pass a bar exam, write working code, and use your computer interface. We test to see how good they are at completing complex tasks, or just impressing humans. What we don’t have is a rigorous, credible way of evaluating what AI does to us. To our minds, our thoughts, or our communities." @imrankhan — who leads our work on psychosocial evaluations of AI — has a new article on our Substack that explains why we need better AI benchmarks that focus not on raw capability but on how AI is impacting users. Identifying how tech interacts with and changes human nature is the critical first step towards building more humane technology. You can read his full piece here: open.substack.com/pub/centerforh…

"The most urgent film of our time." THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST is only in theaters March 27. Watch the trailer now.

@mercebent You might need to squint a little and draw your own connections, but on a similar theme - 'Other Minds', by Peter Godfrey Smith.

anyone have good books recs for long form perspectives that might shape how AI may develop? Last one I absolutely loved: A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains by Max Bennett

@JulesEvans11 or, at least, they say they do

Do you ever wonder what the world would have been like if we hadn't invented the concept of path dependency?

You might know that the word 'psychedelic' means 'mind-manifesting'... I dug up what Humphry Osmond, its originator, had to say about it in 1957. A lot of it feels like it could have been written yesterday👇 substack.com/home/post/p-16…

Man, I wish I could do this

Thinking of all my friends in the Caucasian Community at this difficult time. Remember that all the suspicious looks you'll inevitably get over the coming weeks come from a place of ignorance, not hate. I know these extremists don't represent your proud, peaceful culture ❤️