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We need to know/understand better how reasoning models reason, to help them avoid treason?
In my latest column for Science magazine, I discuss recent AI "reasoning" models -- how it works, to what extent it captures "genuine" reasoning processes, and what's needed to answer such questions.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Artificial intelligence learns to reason
Julia has two sisters and one brother. How many sisters does her brother Martin have?Solving this tiny puzzle requires a bit of thinking. You might mentally picture the family of three girls and one b...
www.science.org
March 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
We need to know/understand better how reasoning models reason, to help them avoid treason?
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“The truth is paywalled, but the lies are free.”
March 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“The truth is paywalled, but the lies are free.”
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My new piece in @theguardian.com
Techno-optimism is human pessimism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Techno-optimism is human pessimism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
AI is ‘beating’ humans at empathy and creativity. But these games are rigged | MJ Crockett
Research pitting people against AI systems gives AI an edge by asking us to perform in machine-like ways
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
My new piece in @theguardian.com
Techno-optimism is human pessimism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Techno-optimism is human pessimism.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Placing nuclear weapons on your territory only increases the risk of being targeted for mayhem and is not useful for winning wars! We know better by now and should have kept the Cold War in the previous century. Getting rid of nuclear warheads is the way forward to avoid crimes against humanity 😇
1/ With President Trump offering to agree with Russia and China to eliminate nuclear weapons, Europe should not be doubling down on so-called deterrence. #NuclearBan
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Poland’s president urges US to move nuclear warheads to Polish territory
Call from Andrzej Duda aimed at deterring future Russian aggression likely to be viewed as highly provocative in Moscow
www.ft.com
March 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Placing nuclear weapons on your territory only increases the risk of being targeted for mayhem and is not useful for winning wars! We know better by now and should have kept the Cold War in the previous century. Getting rid of nuclear warheads is the way forward to avoid crimes against humanity 😇
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A reader dealing with jealousy of a friend is given a host of scientifically sourced ways to help from our advice columnist David Robson
Struggling with envy? Here are some science-backed ways to help
A reader dealing with jealousy of a friend is given a host of scientifically sourced ways to help from our advice columnist David Robson
www.newscientist.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
A reader dealing with jealousy of a friend is given a host of scientifically sourced ways to help from our advice columnist David Robson
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We often blame our fatigue on our modern lifestyles, but people who live in industrial societies actually get more shut-eye than hunter-gatherers.
Hunter-gatherers get less sleep than people in industrial societies
People in industrialised societies seem to sleep for longer than those in non-industrialised ones, but their circadian rhythms are more out of sync
www.newscientist.com
March 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We often blame our fatigue on our modern lifestyles, but people who live in industrial societies actually get more shut-eye than hunter-gatherers.
What would sentient droids think of this statement beyond the confounding restrictions of human language?
’Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.’
- Werner Heisenberg
’Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.’
- Werner Heisenberg
March 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
What would sentient droids think of this statement beyond the confounding restrictions of human language?
’Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.’
- Werner Heisenberg
’Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.’
- Werner Heisenberg