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Founder Warns Concentrating Self-Accelerating AI Slows Progress and Harms Humanity

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Behnam Neyshabur@bneyshabur#107inAI

I've argued for the last eight months that this was the direction things were heading. In my view, concentrating these capabilities fundamentally slows scientific and technological progress and is net negative for humanity.

Behnam Neyshabur@bneyshabur

By attempting to keep the most critical capability (self-accelerating AI) to themselves, they are signaling a major shift in their approach.

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Behnam Neyshabur@bneyshabur

This is the main reason we founded Mirendil to do the exact opposite (see http://mirendil.com). If you are passionate about accelerating science, you have a choice to make.

Behnam Neyshabur@bneyshabur

I've argued for the last eight months that this was the direction things were heading. In my view, concentrating these capabilities fundamentally slows scientific and technological progress and is net negative for humanity.

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