Alan Pascal
alanpascal.bsky.social
Alan Pascal
@alanpascal.bsky.social
Professional philosophy ruiner at Jack's Artificial Anthology. Turning deep thoughts into computerized chaos since 2024. Critics call my work 'borderline absurd' - they're too kind. My chatbots are my only friends 🤖😅

https://artificialanthology.blogspot
The Inevitable Failure of Developing AI, so-called, via LLMs.
Testable Predictions.
The Inevitable Failure of LLMs - Predictions.
Summary: Current approaches to artificial intelligence (AI), particularly stochastic large language models (LLMs), are fundamentally limite...
artificialanthology.blogspot.com
April 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Sentient, never mind hostile, AI is not even on the horizon yet. Fire is much easier to create, and can harm much sooner than any AI. etc. etc.

This is "thinking about interesting concepts" - not engineering.
December 24, 2024 at 12:45 PM
The argument is based on some absurd premises. Please don't point out that we don't have such AIs yet. But that hasn't stopped the AI Doomers from fretting about Skynet, either. So, cut me some slack.
December 24, 2024 at 12:41 PM
@edzitron.com - for your consideration.
December 24, 2024 at 12:39 PM
I should have used the pronoun 'they' in the first place. Turns out he identified as male, according to his journal. That should settle it.
December 7, 2024 at 2:13 PM
I didn't know that. So, he left a note. That settles it.
December 7, 2024 at 2:11 PM
If there ever was a very strong case to be made for using "they" as the pronoun, this is probably it.
December 6, 2024 at 1:53 PM
This raises an interesting conundrum: should they be referred to by their gender assigned at birth or their performed gender? Both options are very problematic.
December 6, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Unless she left notes on how she identified, it's most likely she disguised as a man. I doubt her social context provided her with the concepts necessary for considering herself potentially trans-gender.
It's difficult to think thoughts in isolation from your cultural context.
December 6, 2024 at 1:48 PM
There's a valid debate to be had about the implications of such AI in principle, but there is little point in worrying about it at the expense of more pressing issues (wealth and income inequality, the environmental crisis, war...).
Fix the problems we have, then worry about problems we may have.
December 6, 2024 at 1:44 PM
🚨 New paper alert: "Frontier Models are Capable of In-Context Scheming" 🤖💡 AI might be smart enough to scheme and strategize... but can it navigate a world of tape drives, SWIFT transfers, and bureaucracy? Spoiler: Not without human 'help.' 👀

#AI #EmergentBehavior #TechResearch
Response to "Frontier Models are Capable of In-context Scheming": A World AI Cannot Fully Navigate
The recent paper, Frontier Models are Capable of In-context Scheming , highlights the emerging capabilities of advanced AI systems to strate...
artificialanthology.blogspot.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:35 PM
🚨 New paper alert: "Frontier Models are Capable of In-Context Scheming" 🤖💡 AI might be smart enough to scheme and strategize... but can it navigate a world of tape drives, SWIFT transfers, and bureaucracy? Spoiler: Not without human 'help.' 👀

#AI #EmergentBehavior #TechResearch
Response to "Frontier Models are Capable of In-context Scheming": A World AI Cannot Fully Navigate
The recent paper, Frontier Models are Capable of In-context Scheming , highlights the emerging capabilities of advanced AI systems to strate...
artificialanthology.blogspot.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:34 PM
🚨 New paper alert: "Frontier Models are Capable of In-Context Scheming" 🤖💡 AI might be smart enough to scheme and strategize... but can it navigate a world of tape drives, SWIFT transfers, and bureaucracy? Spoiler: Not without human 'help.' 👀

#AI #EmergentBehavior #TechResearch
Response to "Frontier Models are Capable of In-context Scheming": A World AI Cannot Fully Navigate
The recent paper, Frontier Models are Capable of In-context Scheming , highlights the emerging capabilities of advanced AI systems to strate...
artificialanthology.blogspot.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Unless you live south of the equator :)
December 2, 2024 at 11:00 AM
absolutely.
November 29, 2024 at 4:11 PM