Blake's Substack
Blake EliasBlake's thoughts on tech, philosophy, and science.
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Reading List: Why Superintelligence May Be Less of a Risk Than We Think
Some intuitive arguments I find compelling:
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Why AI Won't Kill Us All
A lot of people are worried that AI will kill us all. A book was recently published called “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.” This isn’t just paranoia from w...
Unified Knowledge for the Philosopher-Builder
I used to think the most valuable knowledge to gain (at least for my interests) was STEM-related: coding, engineering, mathematics, etc.
But as soon as I finished my studies and entered the working world, I realized I had an even deeper cu...
The Paradox of AI Care
A friend of mine, B. Scot Rousse, is hosting an event tonight titled Giving a Damn in the Age of Indifferent Intelligence:
The problem with artificial intelligence, as our guest puts it, is that computers don’t give a damn. Machines can...
Future of "Vibe Proofing"
What happens when everyone can be a mathematician?
“John von Neumann in your pocket” -- can spin up a set of axioms and quickly see what statements can be proven, to know if these are the “right” axioms that capture what you want.
When y...
Should We Build Living Machines?
Much discussion and mythology on the future of AI centers around when machines will be “sentient” or “conscious,” or when they will reach “human-level” capability. The problem is these terms are what Marvin Minsky called “suitcase words”: w...
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Putting moral philosophy on mathematical and physical foundations. Writing about technology and living systems. ML systems engineer at Google; previously researcher at MIT Media Lab, MIT Synthetic Biology Center, and Microsoft Research AI.
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