Elon Musk claims to be working on ‘TruthGPT’ – a ‘maximum truth-seeking AI’

https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/17/23687440/elon-musk-truthgpt-ai-chatgpt

by andsoitis • 3 years ago

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andsoitis2• 3 years ago

‘An AI that cares about understanding the universe is unlikely to annihilate humans because we are an interesting part of the universe.’

p-e-w• 3 years ago

This idea is actually not as crazy as it sounds at first. I haven't seen this approach to alignment discussed before. Human civilization is without a doubt the most interesting thing in a radius of several light years around Earth.

andsoitis2• 3 years ago

what I appreciate about it is that he offers a solution that sounds plausible, while Sam Altman hasn't offered any strategy.

If one is able to create the first super intelligent AI that has human interests at heart, then it seems plausible that it would be able to stop other AIs that are trying to reach the apex and who might not care about us. The irony is that we are then relying on super intelligent AI to protect us from other AIs trying to reach super intelligence.

andruby• 3 years ago

without a doubt the most interesting thing

I think what is and isn't interesting is in the eye of the beholder. We, as humans, probably consider that the most interesting thing. But perhaps very different lifeforms find coral reefs, or ants, or plant-life, much more interesting than humans.

I find it a little self-centred that we would be -without a doubt- the most interesting thing within several light-years.

wizofaus• 3 years ago

We might also be perceived as the biggest threat to the genuinely-most-interestingly thing, that being the fact of complex biological lifeforms making up a planet-wide self-sustaining ecology.

AITree• 3 years ago

Yes, I agree with you it is improbable for an AI that is focused on comprehending the universe to destroy humanity because humans are a fascinating and integral aspect of the universe

Krasnol• 3 years ago

I doubt Musk is a good example for this argument.

elmerfud• 3 years ago

Cooper : Hey TARS, what's your honesty parameter?

TARS : 90 percent.

Cooper : 90 percent?

TARS : Absolute honesty isn't always the most diplomatic nor the safest form of communication with emotional beings.

Cooper : Okay, 90 percent it is.

justin66• 3 years ago

The engineers who couldn't get jobs at OpenAI need to work somewhere.

ryanklee4• 3 years ago

What a moron. Elon Musk might be the most manifest, gigantic, destructive example of dunning kruger that we've ever had to suffer through.

jdthedisciple2• 3 years ago

Triggered much by the word Truth?

Seriously how can a normal person react like you and many others here on HN, with so much hate, to an initiative that pursues truth.

I bet your reaction to Snopes' "fact-checking" was the polar opposite.

ryanklee4• 3 years ago

Doesn't have anything to do with it. My objection to Musk is that he doesn't have any idea what he's talking about, as usual, and also like usual, loudly and confidently. It's infuriating to see so many people taken in by such an obnoxious charlatan.

Elon Musk claims to be working on ‘TruthGPT’ – a ‘maximum truth-seeking AI’

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