Monthly Archives: February 2024

One True Love

Posted on February 9, 2024 by TheZvi

We have long been waiting for a version of this story, where someone hacks together the technology to use Generative AI to work the full stack of the dating apps on their behalf, ultimately finding their One True Love. Or … Continue reading →

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AI #50: The Most Dangerous Thing

Posted on February 8, 2024 by TheZvi

In a week with two podcasts I covered extensively, I was happy that there was little other news. That is, until right before press time, when Google rebranded Bard to Gemini, released an app for that, and offered a premium … Continue reading →

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On the Debate Between Jezos and Leahy

Posted on February 6, 2024 by TheZvi

Previously: Based Beff Jezos and the Accelerationists Based Beff Jezos, the founder of effective accelerationism, delivered on his previous pledge, and did indeed debate what is to be done to navigate into the future with a highly Worthy Opponent in … Continue reading →

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On Dwarkesh’s 3rd Podcast With Tyler Cowen

Posted on February 2, 2024 by TheZvi

This post is extensive thoughts on Tyler Cowen’s excellent talk with Dwarkesh Patel.

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AI #49: Bioweapon Testing Begins

Posted on February 1, 2024 by TheZvi

Two studies came out on the question of whether existing LLMs can help people figure out how to make bioweapons. RAND published a negative finding, showing no improvement. OpenAI found a small improvement, bigger for experts than students, from GPT-4. … Continue reading →

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