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More than Meets the AI: 3 super simple pre-AGI unicorn ideas

January 31, 2023January 30, 2023 by Tristan Greene

Pssst. Hey you! C’mere. You wanna get rich? I’m selling AI unicorns. Don’t worry, the first one’s free. In this issue, three human-centered “Pre-AGI” startup ideas that should be possible well before artificial general intelligence: Kinetic barriers (257 words) A playing field leveler (158 words) Autonomous agriculture communes (385 words) Kinetic barriers Pitch: Have you …

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More than meets the AI: Jumping the whale

January 31, 2023January 26, 2023 by Tristan Greene

Ahh! Screaming noises! Fear! Running around in circles waving my hands above my head! Ahhhhh! In this issue… the world ends! Google is dead! Jumping the whale (48 words) Graduating medical school with the highest GPA (685 words) Emergent abilities in LLMs (78 words) Jumping the Whale Let’s play Jeopardy! Answer: A phrase describing a …

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More Than Meets the AI: You ain’t never had AI friend like me

January 31, 2023January 25, 2023 by Tristan Greene

Today’s issue of More Than Meets the AI: 3 wishes for generative AI (676 words) A tribute to humanity (188 words) Love and War (39 words) 3 Wishes Whenever people talk about the future of AI, it’s always “the singularity this” and “artificial general intelligence that.” But I’m more interested in what’s happening right now …

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More than meets the AI: Hang the Devs

January 31, 2023January 24, 2023 by Tristan Greene

This issue of More Than Meets The AI is brought to you by panic. Panic on the streets of London. Panic on the streets of Birmingham. Panic on the streets of Carlisle, Dublin, Dundee, and Humberside. Hang the Developers (367 words) That’s AImore! (146 words) I haven’t seen it (304 words) Hang the AI developers …

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More than meets the AI: Dungeons & Damages

January 31, 2023January 23, 2023 by Tristan Greene

Dr. Henry Frankenstein turned to his associate, Victor Moritz, and yelled “it’s alive!” The doctor didn’t say “she’s alive,” “he’s alive,” or “they’re alive!” He said: “Look! It’s moving. It’s alive. It’s alive… It’s alive, it’s moving, it’s alive, it’s alive, it’s alive, it’s alive, it’s alive!” The word of the day is “personification.” Football …

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More than Meets the AI: Universal Basic Freaking Income (UBFI)

January 31, 2023January 20, 2023 by Tristan Greene

Today’s column is brought to you by the letters U, B, F, and I. The “F” is optional but, in the next couple of decades, the “UBI” part will likely spell the difference between who gets to eat and who gets exploited into starvation. 3, 2, 1, intro time: Issue #3 Anything but basic (484 …

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More than meets the AI: A prayer for the living

January 31, 2023January 19, 2023 by Tristan Greene

When it comes to artificial intelligence, there’s almost no telling what machines will be capable of in the next month, year, or decade. I say “almost” because there’s a definite ceiling on AI potential. But, before I get into that, let us bow our heads and intro this issue: Issue #3: No fate but what …

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More than meets the AI: The ‘Nick Cave Trap’

January 31, 2023January 18, 2023 by Tristan Greene

Never offer feedback on a demo tape. You probably didn’t come to this article today to get advice from a recording studio engineer, but here we are. First, though, we need to intro today’s column. Issue #2: The Nick Cave Trap (436 words) Boston Dynamics is out of control! (144 words) A quantum rant (262 …

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More than meets the AI: ‘Pre-AGI’

January 31, 2023January 17, 2023 by Tristan Greene

Introducing More than meets the AI, a daily column providing news and analysis on artificial intelligence at the cutting edge. This inaugural edition covers: What is “More than meets the AI?” (211 words) Defining “pre-AGI” (189 words) A call to action (146 words) What is More than meets the AI? The first time I got …

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