Adam Ierymenko
@adamierymenko
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Founder of ZeroTier, Inc. Father of two girls. Politically independent. I am @[email protected] on Mastodon / Fediverse.
Cincinnati, OH
Joined April 2008
I've been making that point many times: 1. Intelligence is not a scalar quantity. The space of problems is gigantic and, for a given amount of computing resources, any intelligent system will only excel at a tiny subset of them. Any intelligent system has blind spots, hence
More intelligent beings controlled by less intelligent beings list > Most families with a kid scoring more than 1500 on the SATs, 98th percentile, 58,000 per year > any country with a Nobel prize winner in it where the President does not have a Nobel prize winner > any
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thank fucking god for Yann .... protect him at all costs.
It seems to me that before "urgently figuring out how to control AI systems much smarter than us" we need to have the beginning of a hint of a design for a system smarter than a house cat. Such a sense of urgency reveals an extremely distorted view of reality. No wonder the more
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NIMBYs are the number one cause of inflation
Shelter inflation is 5.5%; "everything else" inflation is 2.2%. The problem is housing; the solution is more homes.
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You’ll never in your life hear a conservative say this, and that’s why they’ll own the Supreme Court for the rest of our lives.
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To me, the most thing about today's new CPI data is that inflation except for housing is 2.2% (right on the Fed's target) but housing inflation is 5.5% (nearly triple the Fed's target). The housing shortage is the single largest contributor to inflation right now.
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This is incredibly dangerous. It lays the path for centralized, device-level client side scanning. From detecting 'scams' it's a short step to "detecting patterns commonly associated w/ seeking reproductive care" or "commonly associated w/ providing LGBTQ resources" or
We're testing a new feature that uses Gemini Nano to provide real-time alerts during a call if it detects conversation patterns commonly associated with scams. This protection all happens on-device so your conversation stays private to you. More to come later this year! #GoogleIO
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Do not agree to have Google wiretap your calls. This is exceptionally dangerous from a ton of different perspectives, especially your civil liberties. It does not matter if it's on "on-device AI" -- that's got nothing to do with it's ability to call home, which it will do.
Thanks to Gemini Nano, @Android will warn you in the middle of a call as soon as it detects suspicious activity, like being asked for your social security number and bank info. Stay tuned for more news in the coming months. #GoogleIO
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important to remember - these people are currently trying to ban open source AI in california
This is the group behind SB 1047. Seriously, we need to stop the insanity. Extinction from AI is science fiction and it's being used to justify terrible legislation in Ca. We desperately need more sensible voices at the table.
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A serious “industrial policy” vis-a-vis China can’t just be tariffs, it needs to be complemented by *more* openness to trade and investment from Japan, Korea, Europe, Latin America, etc etc etc https://t.co/3HPXhj8bEn
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Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign Signal as insecure, with assistance from Elon Musk. The goal seems to be to get activists to switch away from encrypted Signal to mostly-unencrypted Telegram. I want to talk about this a bit. 1/
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Previous policy efforts to stifle CS innovation have been much less dangerous because often we were fighting threatened industries who didn't have credibility in the spaces they were attacking (e.g. MPAA, RIAA, telcos). This wave is different. Big Tech is an oligopoly
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Extremely sobering read. China is building a full-on Silicon Valley style ecosystem of ultra fast moving & hypercompetitive EV makers, while the US auto industry focuses on who can make a gas powered truck that most resembles a Bradley fighting vehicle
insideevs.com
A trip to the Beijing Auto Show reveals just how advanced China's EVs are. So what are the so-called
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Pragmatic, non fringe positions are less inclined to scare politicians. But they are what we should be amplifying and basing policy on ...
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This is the group behind SB 1047. Seriously, we need to stop the insanity. Extinction from AI is science fiction and it's being used to justify terrible legislation in Ca. We desperately need more sensible voices at the table.
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Tokyo added an entire NYC in the last 50 years 🤯
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Oh good god. DRM for models. It's like every bad, fucked up idea from the late 90's and early 2000's is being dredged up again for the AI safety wars. https://t.co/2GLkhq9z4e
openai.com
Securing advanced AI systems will require an evolution in infrastructure security. We’re calling for research and investment in six security measures that we believe will play key roles in protecting...
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It's not always been like this. Previously academia was central to pushing back (e.g. RSA). And there were open source projects that mobilized researchers, hobbyists and startups (e.g. linux/SCO). Almost none of that exists now. The oligopoly has very thoroughly disarmed us.
The state of tech policy is really scary: - policy makers don't get tech - they rely on input from large companies - technical academia is almost totally silent - startups don't have policy arms and aren't mobilized This is the perfect setup for full regulatory capture.
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