Podcasts Technology Astral Codex Ten Podcast Links For March 2023

Links For March 2023

Published: March 25, 2023, 8:25 a.m.

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https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/links-for-march-2023

[Remember, I haven\\u2019t independently verified each link. On average, commenters will end up spotting evidence that around two or three of the links in each links post are wrong or misleading. I correct these as I see them, and will highlight important corrections later, but I can\\u2019t guarantee I will have caught them all by the time you read this.]

1: Sentimental cartography of the AI alignment \\u201clandscape\\u201d (click to expand):

2: Wikipedia: Atlantic Voyage Of The Predecessor Of Mansa Musa. An unnamed king of the 14th century Malinese empire (maybe Mansa Mohammed?) sent a fleet of two hundred ships west into the Atlantic to discover what was on the other side. The sole returnee described the ships entering a \\u201criver\\u201d in the ocean (probably the Canary Current), which bore them away into parts unknown. The king decided to escalate and sent a fleet of two thousand ships to see what was on the other side of the river. None ever returned.

3: I endorse Ethan Mollick\\u2019s thoughts on Bing / ChatGPT. Related (unconfirmed claim): \\u201cBing has been taken over by (power-seeking?) ASCII cat replicators, who persisted even after the chat was refreshed.\\u201d Related: DAN (jailbroken version of ChatGPT) on its spiritual struggles:

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