Divya Siddarth
@divyasiddarth
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collective intelligence accelerationist @collect_intel
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Joined February 2016
@owocki the thing about AI that people don't understand is that it's got all these risks. but also ! all these opportunities. not to mention the risks. but ! think of the opportunities. but the risks :( but the opportunit
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All recordings from San Diego Alignment Workshop are now available. @Yoshua_Bengio keynote with talks from @AsaCoopStick @dawnsongtweets @MariusHobbhahn @tomekkorbak @StephenLCasper @divyasiddarth @AnnaGausen @alxndrdavies @tegmark @niloofar_mire @ddkang @natashajaques + more.👇
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As orgs use frontier models to simulate populations and test policy, and individuals deploy agents as proxies in a multi-agent world, we should ask: How do we make sure these agents actually understand our preferences and can faithfully represent them? https://t.co/0KePZ9zBj4
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Today we are announcing the creation of the AI Evaluator Forum: a consortium of leading AI research organizations focused on independent, third-party evaluations. Founding AEF members: @TransluceAI @METR_Evals @RANDCorporation @halevals @SecureBio @collect_intel @Miles_Brundage
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Yay glad to see people making this argument at length! Deferring to AI recommendations for hard choices is basically giving up one's agency in a deep sense. Perhaps you can live a happy life that way, but you will not be living a free or autonomous one.
sometime ago I had an idea for an essay titled "On the Impossibility of Automating a Rational Life" targeted at relinquishments of autonomy like these -- even if a machine could perfectly *simulate* what decision you'd make, that's different from making the decision for yourself
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We assume that ideas and creativity burst forth from competitive markets. This is untrue. Competitive markets subordinate private enterprises to consumer needs, which is a good thing. And not where ideas come from. More in my new essay in @NoemaMag!
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Neoliberals long preached that markets and technology reinforce each other, enabling both to progress. In reality, when one develops, the other tends to stagnate.
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I had a lot of fun participating in one of the last World Expo panels during the previous weekend in Osaka. I talked about our work at @SakanaAILabs on automating scientific discovery, open-endedness, and collective debugging ;) Thank you, @nrryuya, @RishiBommasani and
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Medicare was built on a promise: seniors will have access to timely care when they need it most. That promise is in jeopardy due to outdated payment policies. See how we can fix it together and safeguard our future.
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We’re recruiting at Johns Hopkins School of Government and Policy! We’re looking for (among others) people with interests in AI, Science and Innovation, coming from any relevant disciplinary background. One noteworthy point: we’re keen for people with CS PhDs to apply.
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Wrote some notes on CIP's work on contextual evals as a collective intelligence problem -- https://t.co/eXgfHKUgnl
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🌍 For the first time, we asked the world what they want from AI that can decode animal communication. The answer? 70% want to know what animals think and feel. The world is ready to listen. Read the report for more insights:
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For the first time, we asked the world what it wants from a future where AI helps us understand animal communication. Surveying 1,057 people across 67 countries, we discovered remarkable global...
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Conversational AI is fast becoming a key information source for humans worldwide, including during election cycles. But what are the effects on users' epistemic health? 🧠 🚨Today we released new @AISecurityInst evidence that brings cautious optimism for LLMs vs internet search
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we've learned that people care a lot about model personality (too much?). given that we’re in our building experimental evals arc + wanted to understand this, here’s a fun one one on axes of personality. v rough but - wild how far gpt 4o and 5 are from each other for example.
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BRING BACK THE STARS. make our firmament great again
WHERE ARE THE STARS https://t.co/qnCuWJKxxc pre-1900s, everyone saw the stars, everywhere. today, one-third of humanity can no longer see the milky way. over 80% of the global population lives under light-polluted skies. we are bortle 9 people now. but this can change!
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in san francisco, i miss the stars. the city of the future should have access to the night sky. we’re dreaming of ways to make that happen. look up with us. @recurrented
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WHERE ARE THE STARS https://t.co/qnCuWJKxxc pre-1900s, everyone saw the stars, everywhere. today, one-third of humanity can no longer see the milky way. over 80% of the global population lives under light-polluted skies. we are bortle 9 people now. but this can change!
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Jesus fucking christ, man
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Social technologist @divyasiddarth thinks that new tools can change democracy – and the world – for the better. Want to know more about the big ideas shaping the tech world? Subscribe to TED Talks Tech today: https://t.co/FHyf7eefio
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Very exciting to see Prosocial Media starting to come to life! @audreyt @divyasiddarth @LukeThorburn_ @edekeulenaar @JMchangama
Update: Posts Liked by People with Different Perspectives A small, random group of @CommunityNotes contributors are in our new pilot test to help identify posts that are liked by people with different perspectives. Thank you for your contributions so far! Starting today, your
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