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AI #52: Oops

Posted on February 22, 2024 by TheZvi

We were treated to technical marvels this week. At Google, they announced Gemini Pro 1.5, with a million token context window within which it has excellent recall, using mixture of experts to get Gemini Advanced level performance (e.g. GPT-4 level) … Continue reading →

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Sora What

Posted on February 22, 2024 by TheZvi

Hours after Google announced Gemini 1.5, OpenAI announced their new video generation model Sora. Its outputs look damn impressive.

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The Third Gemini

Posted on February 20, 2024 by TheZvi

[Editor’s Note: I forgot to cross-post this on Thursday, sorry about that. Note that this post does not cover Gemini 1.5, which was announced after I posted this. I will cover 1.5 later this week.] We have now had a … Continue reading →

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More on the Apple Vision Pro

Posted on February 13, 2024 by TheZvi

Previously: On the Apple Vision Pro The reviews are coming in. What say the people, other than the complaining about the two to three hour battery life? Then later I’ll get to my own thoughts after the demo.

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On the Proposed California SB 1047

Posted on February 12, 2024 by TheZvi

California Senator Scott Wiener of San Francisco introduces SB 1047 to regulate AI. I have put up a market on how likely it is to become law. “If Congress at some point is able to pass a strong pro-innovation, pro-safety … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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AI #48: The Talk of Davos

Posted on January 25, 2024 by TheZvi

While I was in San Francisco, the big head honchos headed for Davos, where AI was the talk of the town. As well it should be, given what will be coming soon. It did not seem like anyone involved much … Continue reading →

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AI #46: Meet the New Year

Posted on January 13, 2024 by TheZvi

[NOTE: I forgot to post this to WP/LW/RSS on Thursday, so posting it now. Sorry about that.] Will be very different from the old year by the time we are done. This year, it seems like various continuations of the … Continue reading →

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