this took me all day, but it’s a banger if i do say so myself - watch the video first

video version

podcast probably tomorrow

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    The whole history of “artificial intelligence” since 1955 is making impressive demos that you can’t use for real work. Then they cut your funding off and it’s AI Winter again.

    I’ve found myself wondering if I was being overly harsh in calling artificial intelligence a pseudoscience. Clearly, I was not.

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      23 hours ago

      AI is the product, not the science.

      Having said that:

      • Alignment research: pseudoscience
      • AGI timelines: pseudoscience
      • Prompt engineering: pseudoscience
      • Problem solving benchmarks: almost certainly pseudoscience
      • Hyperscaling: borderline, one could be generous and call it a failed experiment
      • Neural network training and design fundamentals: that’s applied maths meets trial and error, no pseudo about it
      • I’m probably forgetting stuff
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        Small domino: being passive aggressive at a guy named Norbert

        Big domino: resurgent fascism and widespread economic collapse in the 21st century