Pedro Domingos
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Professor of computer science at UW and author of '2040' and 'The Master Algorithm'. Into machine learning, AI, and anything that makes me curious.
Seattle, WA
Joined July 2015
My new TED talk on how AI will exponentially increase our collective intelligence:.
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Humanity contains a surplus of knowledge, but we’re hindered by a lack of collaboration, says author and professor Pedro Domingos. He shares how AI could help us build a collective intelligence,...
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Nothing matters more for success than being in the right place at the right time, so finding your way there is an important skill. Sam Altman has it in spades.
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By Goodhart's law, since being below the poverty line makes you eligible for benefits, the poverty rate will be overestimated. And that's exactly what happens.
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Demis illustrates why he runs the best AI research lab in the world.
Demis Hassabis' new podcast with Lex Fridman just went viral. He exposed mind-blowing truths about AI & what's really coming by 2030 that 99% of people wouldn't know. It took me a day to digest it all. Here are my top 9 takeaways: 🧵
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The 21st century will be won by the country with the fewest barriers to the growth of AI.
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Vibe-code an app before lunch, millionaire by dinner.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang just made the boldest prediction of his career:. “AI will create more millionaires in 5 years than the internet did in 20.”. But he didn’t stop there. He revealed exactly HOW it’ll happen. Here’s his framework for capitalizing before it’s too late: ⬇️
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Legacy media: AI is going to destroy us!.Trump: Great! The sooner the better!.
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Intelligence is heuristics + compute. Don't mistake more compute for better heuristics.
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Humans are extremely inefficient at math. Throw a mountain of GPUs at IMO problems and it's no wonder they succeed, even if their intelligence is limited.
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Physicists have a hard life because their empirical test is an equality (prediction = measurement). Engineers have an easier one because theirs is an inequality (performance > SOTA).
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The beauty of benchmarks is that there are so many you can always find one your model is good on.
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In 100 years Europe went from ruling the seas to being at the mercy of the Houthis.
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The universe is still in beta. In the final release the bug that allowed humans to emerge will be fixed.
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The smarter your AI is, the less data it needs. Needing huge training sets is a sign of stupidity.
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The Houthis, a no-good rebel group, sink European ships at will and fought the US Navy to a standstill. Let that sink in.
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The techtonic plates are shifting. The Nvidia plate is rising, and the Apple plate is subducting.
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