I think it's cool that you're doing this, but the OpenAI grant certainly raises eyebrows 🤨.
I don't know precisely what the distribution of AGI timelines looks like at OpenAI, but if they believe timelines are short, but they are paying for a series of posts about timelines being much longer, well one might wonder whether this is an attempt to avoid regulation...
On the other hand, it's not like I want funders to only fund people who agree with them on everything. That seems really bad as well.
I guess I've kind of put them in an unfair bind/Catch 22, but I don't know, often it feels worthwhile just honestly sharing how you see things.
How will AI be used to allocate supply of natural resources, food, and medicines that are insufficient to meet demand?
How will AI be used to improve cost benefit analysis, quality control, coordination of projects that involve multiple vendors and evaluate their progress?
How will AI be used to protect personal identities and sensitive information?
How will AI be used to label false vs questionable vs factual information and visuals?
How can AI be used to devise effective programs for rehabilitating most criminals?
What guardrails will AI devise to prevent destructive uses of AI?
Assuming AI is used successfully and reduces needed personnel requirements in all forms of work, how will most people have enough income to enjoy their standard of living - will users of AI be taxed to provide supplemental income to their personnel, the unemployed, the disabled?
No hard deadline, we are accepting them on a rolling basis—but we're getting a lot of pitches, so sooner is better (and it might take us a while to get back to you, sorry!)
Near future = reasonably foreseeable, the coming years or few decades. Something we can do by extrapolating current trends, aka “nearcasting.”
I'm not sure which assumptions you're thinking about, or how you think you might not be aligned with them; but make a compelling case and if you convince us then great!
I think it's cool that you're doing this, but the OpenAI grant certainly raises eyebrows 🤨.
I don't know precisely what the distribution of AGI timelines looks like at OpenAI, but if they believe timelines are short, but they are paying for a series of posts about timelines being much longer, well one might wonder whether this is an attempt to avoid regulation...
On the other hand, it's not like I want funders to only fund people who agree with them on everything. That seems really bad as well.
I guess I've kind of put them in an unfair bind/Catch 22, but I don't know, often it feels worthwhile just honestly sharing how you see things.
How will AI be used to allocate supply of natural resources, food, and medicines that are insufficient to meet demand?
How will AI be used to improve cost benefit analysis, quality control, coordination of projects that involve multiple vendors and evaluate their progress?
How will AI be used to protect personal identities and sensitive information?
How will AI be used to label false vs questionable vs factual information and visuals?
How can AI be used to devise effective programs for rehabilitating most criminals?
What guardrails will AI devise to prevent destructive uses of AI?
Assuming AI is used successfully and reduces needed personnel requirements in all forms of work, how will most people have enough income to enjoy their standard of living - will users of AI be taxed to provide supplemental income to their personnel, the unemployed, the disabled?
I am from India. From your words it appears that you are quite sure of the AI you have come up with and now seek cloaks of respectablity for it?
Will the Intelligence Age series continue for a few months? Or will there only be one batch of publication?
We plan to continue it as long as there are articles worth writing and the funding to support the program. Not a single batch
Neat! I will cogitate and consider
Is there a rubric or template to follow for submission?
Just the form linked above
What's the deadline for pitch submissions?
No hard deadline, we are accepting them on a rolling basis—but we're getting a lot of pitches, so sooner is better (and it might take us a while to get back to you, sorry!)
How many articles are you looking to select at the end of this series?
No fixed number, as many as are worthwhile. I think there are easily a couple dozen pieces worth writing on this theme
Hi, the pitch itself is expected to be 2.500 words or it can/should be shorter?
Shorter! That's the article length… pitch should be a few hundred words probably, like a few paragraphs.
How do you define the near future? Do pitches have to align with your assumptions about AI to be selected?
Near future = reasonably foreseeable, the coming years or few decades. Something we can do by extrapolating current trends, aka “nearcasting.”
I'm not sure which assumptions you're thinking about, or how you think you might not be aligned with them; but make a compelling case and if you convince us then great!