According to the MIT Libraries' database of theses (dating back to the 1800s), my thesis was only the 2nd in the institute's history to contain the word "shit."
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Stephen Casper says his MIT AI safety doctoral thesis is only the second in the institute's history to contain the word 'shit
The research focuses on model tampering and adversarial training.
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Some users call the MIT PhD thesis on model tampering 'hot shit' to signal strong approval of its quality, while others question with emojis whether the provocative title is something worth pride.
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Atoosa Kasirzadeh@Dr_Atoosa
Congratulations Dr. Cas on finishing your PhD! Keep shining a light on AI governance with the same energy and curiosity. Excited to see what you build in the next chapter!
Cas (Stephen Casper)@StephenLCasper
According to the MIT Libraries' database of theses (dating back to the 1800s), my thesis was only the 2nd in the institute's history to contain the word "shit."
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Gracjan Góral @ CVPR@gracjan_goral
@StephenLCasper can you provide an example of usage from your thesis?
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Adrià Garriga-Alonso@AdriGarriga
@StephenLCasper Yet it itself is NOT shit. Curious. It’s hot shit.
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Arth Singh@iarthsingh
@StephenLCasper Now people would come up ask is this something to be proud of 😂😭
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Subramanyam Sahoo@iamwsubramanyam
@StephenLCasper Share the pdf.
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Yash A. G. M.@YashAnanthGupta
@StephenLCasper What was the first
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