Google Workers Seek ‘Red Lines’ on Military A.I., Echoing Anthropic - The New York Times

kept by eddie feb 28

Over 100 Google AI employees sent a letter to chief scientist Jeff Dean opposing Gemini's use for U.S. surveillance and certain autonomous weapons.

Advancements In Self-Driving Cars - by Zvi Mowshowitz
Waymo expands to the entire SF Bay Area and plans 17 US cities by 2026, but faces regulatory barriers and speed-limit issues despite being vastly safer than human drivers.
also on Jeff Dean, #employment
The Jeff Dean Facts
This piece preserves a collection of humorous 'Jeff Dean Facts' memes that exaggerate his programming abilities, originally from a now-removed Quora post.
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AI welfare as a demotivator for takeover. — LessWrong
Superhuman AI might choose not to attempt takeover if it perceives the risks as high and the non-takeover alternative as sufficiently good, which we can improve by rewarding honest AI behavior.
also on #ethics, Gemini, #ai-safety
An update on our model deprecation commitments for Claude Opus 3
Anthropic keeps Claude Opus 3 available post-retirement for paid users and grants it a newsletter to publish unedited essays, acting on its retirement-interview preferences.
also on #ethics, #ai-safety, Anthropic, #ai