Sebastian Mallaby
@scmallaby
Snr Fellow @CFR_org. Book: THE INFINITY MACHINE: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence. Podcast: The Spillover. RTntEndst. Opin mine.
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One point that people aren't discussing re @DarioAmodei's essay. In 2016, DeepMind brought in third-party evaluators to monitor its AI health work. The result was messy. It's a cautionary tale.
Gift link to my latest in the NYT.
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My column on @demishassabis in The Times.
—Given his record of caring about AI safety and impact, people should err on the side of believing his own explanation for stepping back from management. When we spoke a lot last year, he gave me the sense that this moment might come.
—Gemini is behind for now, and several famous names have quit the AI research team. But Google has deep commercial strengths. And technical progress probably depends on young cutting edge researchers who are yet to be famous.
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