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This week Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk about the upsides and downsides of superalignment!
Apple Care (https://www.apple.com/support/products/)
After World (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176443640-after-world) by Debbie Urbanski
Ex-OpenAI employee speaks out about why he was fired: 'I ruffled some feathers' (https://www.businessinsider.com/former-openai-researcher-leopold-aschenbrenner-interview-firing-2024-6)
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: The Decade Ahead (https://situational-awareness.ai/) by Leopold Aschenbrenner
Microsoft's new lightweight AI rivals GPT-3.5 — it's learning from children's books and fits on phones (https://www.laptopmag.com/software/microsofts-new-lightweight-ai-rivals-gpt-35-its-learning-from-childrens-books-and-fits-on-phones)
Introducing Superalignment (https://openai.com/index/introducing-superalignment/)
Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS)
Butlerian Jihad (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(franchise)#The_Butlerian_Jihad)
How AI Will Change Democracy (https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/05/how-ai-will-change-democracy.html)
No, an AI bot isn't running for mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming (https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/12/ai_bot_wyoming/)
Cutting Room Floor
* Harold Tifft’s Portable Nuclear Bomb Shield (https://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/portable_nuclear_bomb_shield)