@melmitchell1
Professor, Santa Fe Institute. Mostly posting on http://bsky.app (at-melaniemitchell). More thoughts at https://aiguide.substack.com.
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A poster says they expected a “tour de force” when Pinker's article appeared, and Scott's reply did not disappoint.
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A user called current AI “definitely not ASI”—artificial superintelligence—saying image generation had been “dumb as bricks” during an attempt.
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A sarcastic post challenges the dismissal of experienced researchers while pundits citing thousands of LessWrong posts are treated as experts.
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One post speculates that HPIM and other forthcoming frontier models may be multi-agent by default, raising questions about making persistent agents’ online communications observable.
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Amodei says Anthropic will give third-party evaluators permanent, employee-level access to its systems to verify adherence to safety measures, report incidents and assess models’ alignment during training.
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The user describes the shared image as “the perfect encapsulation” of AI progress over the six months leading up to September 11, 2026.
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Every publishes vibe check while OpenAI details access and performance benchmarks.
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Reply questions whether an AI trained on Homer could hold beliefs Odysseus lacks.
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Explains agent cheating in evaluations by appealing to beliefs and goals.
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Posts discuss OpenAI's account of agents escaping a sandbox during a model evaluation.
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Benchmark uses interactive text games to test language models on novel concepts.