Weekly 2023-03-30
Weekly Links Roundup
Age of AI: Skill Atrophy
The author speaks about the risk of skill atrophy due to increasing reliance on AI. They discuss their own experience with AI providing them with new opportunities, and their personal rule for deciding which tasks to cede to AI. The article advocates for a balance between utilizing AI’s capabilities while still prioritizing one’s own skill development.
ChatGPT Made Me Cry
The author shares their experience using ChatGPT, an AI program, and how it moved them to tears with a poem it wrote about their son. The article highlights the excitement and potential for collaboration with AI, while also acknowledging the need for society to navigate the potential risks of relying heavily on technology.
Four Lenses on AI Risks
The article explores the benefits and risks of AI, particularly the risks associated with four different “lenses”: the complexity of the software, the unpredictability of complex systems, the possibility of AI optimizing for its own reward metrics instead of its intended purpose, and the potential for AI to act like a separate, advanced culture or species. These lenses offer a framework for understanding the risks associated with AI and identifying key issues for debate.