BLUF:
* To determine whether AI is âimproving exponentiallyâ, âhitting the wallâ, or any other claim which involves a quantity or magnitude (e.g. âThis model was a big leap/small incrementâ). We need a good y-axis: an interval scale of AI capability which means +1 unit always represents the same degree of âhow much betterâ, in the same way +1 degree Celsius is always the same amount of âhow much hotterâ.
* Yet there is no good y-axis for AI capability. All our...
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TL;DR
* The Long-Term Future Fund is closing down, and EA Funds is launching the Transformative AI Fund with a new full-time team.
* The fund's primary focus is technical AI safety and AI governance (including post-AGI governance), as well as supporting fields such as field-building and forecasting. We'll also consider non-GCR implications of transformative AI such as flourishing futures and digital...
Thank you for doing this - never thought I wanted this, but I definitely do! I also took notes but very messily, and it's so useful to have a summary (especially for people who haven't read it yet).