Episode 11: A GPT-4 Fanfiction Novella, April 7 2023
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After a hype-y few weeks of AI happenings, Alex and Emily shovel the BS on GPT-4’s “system card,” its alleged “sparks of Artificial General Intelligence,” and a criti-hype heavy "AI pause" letter. Hint: for a good time, check the citations.

This episode originally aired on Friday, April 7, 2023.You can also watch the video of this episode on PeerTube).

References:

GPT-4 system card: https://cdn.openai.com/papers/gpt-4-system-card.pdf)“Sparks of AGI” hype: https://twitter.com/SebastienBubeck/status/1638704164770332674)And the preprint from Bubeck et al.: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.12712)

“Pause AI” letter: https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/)

The “Sparks” paper points to this 1997 editorial in their definition of “intelligence”:https://www1.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/reprints/1997mainstream.pdf)

Radiolab's miniseries, 'G': https://radiolab.org/series/radiolab-presents-g)

Baria and Cross, "The brain is a computer is a brain.": https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.14042)

Senator Chris Murphy buys the hype:https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1640186536825061376)

Generative “AI” is making “police sketches”:https://twitter.com/Wolven/status/1624299508371804161?t=DXyucCPYPAKNn8TtAo0xeg&s=19)

More mathy math in policing:https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/aurora-police-new-ai-system-bodycam-footage/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)

User Research without the Users:https://twitter.com/schock/status/1643392611560878086)

DoNotPay is here to cancel your gym membership:https://twitter.com/BrianBrackeen/status/1644193519496511488?s=20)

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