New article in Time Ideas by Eliezer Yudkowsky. • Here’s some selected quotes. • In reference to the letter that just came out (discussion here): … (more…)

IBM claims to have developed an AI accelerator chip for training and inferencing that beats other leading chips on benchmarks. (more…)

Every day we hear claims that AI is about to transform the economy, destroying jobs & creating monopolies. But what do the professional economists think about this? (more…)

Kashmir's handmade carpet industry is trying to maintain its traditions while staying competitive. (more…)

I'm fascinated by stories in the news of how the world's best AIs for chess and Go were trained by playing against themselves. It seems like a wonderful tool for learning more about the strategy of a game, as well as a useful tool for designing new games. (more…)