Why Not Slow AI Progress?

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Why Not Slow AI Progress? is a recurring publication in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between September 18, 2022 and March 20, 2023. The archive places it in contexts such as “a reference to my post Why Not Slow AI Progress?”; “refer to my Why Not Slow AI Progress? as an argument”. It most often appears alongside ACX, Alexandros Marinos, Amman.

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• Category: Publications
• Mention count: 2
• Issue count: 2
• First seen: September 18, 2022
• Last seen: March 20, 2023

Appears In

• Open Thread 242
• Open Thread 268

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Source Context

Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Open Thread 242

September 18, 2022 · Original source

5: Michael Trazzi has an interview with Katja Grace on AI forecasting, part of which is Contra Scott Alexander On Slowing Down AI Progress (a reference to my post Why Not Slow AI Progress?) I am not sure she is actually contra me - I meant for the post to be an overview of different opinions rather than a strong defense of one side - but it’s interesting and worth a read (or, if you’re that kind of person, a watch or a listen)

Inline links: Contra Scott Alexander On Slowing Down AI Progress, Why Not Slow AI Progress?, watch, listen

Open Thread 268

March 20, 2023 · Original source

2: I’ve recently seen several people refer to my Why Not Slow AI Progress? as an argument against trying to slow AI progress. Some people have even tried to cite me as an “authority” saying slowing AI progress is bad. Please don’t do this! I wrote that post because every few weeks someone was writing an essay saying “We should try to slow AI progress, why aren’t you doing that?” with no specifics, everyone agreed with them, and nothing got done. I wanted to try to move the discussion past that stage; instead, I just made people switch to writing essays saying “We should try to slow AI progress, why aren’t you doing that, must be because Scott’s against it”. I’m not against it, I’m just trying to explain the state of the discussion up to now.

Inline links: Why Not Slow AI Progress?

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