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Helen Toner Examines Why AI Jaggedness May Persist

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Toby Ord@tobyordoxford#1474inTech

Excellent piece by Helen Toner on: • the possibility jaggedness persists into the future • why this is probably the default expectation • and the implications for the future of AI

Helen Toner@hlntnr

More on why I think "cognitive tasks" is an unnatural grouping here: https://open.substack.com/pub/helentoner/p/taking-jaggedness-seriously

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Toby Ord@tobyordoxford

@hlntnr I think we're increasingly seeing several key distinctions behind the jaggedness: • success at verifiable tasks vs weakness at others • success at purely cognitive tasks vs weakness at others

Helen Toner@hlntnr

More on why I think "cognitive tasks" is an unnatural grouping here: https://open.substack.com/pub/helentoner/p/taking-jaggedness-seriously

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