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Alex Lawsen—Forecasting AI Progress
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Alex Lawsen is an advisor at 80,000 hours, released an Introduction to Forecasting Youtube Series and has recently been thinking about forecasting AI progress, why you cannot just "update all the way bro" (discussed in my latest episode with Connor Leahy) and how to develop inside views about AI Alignment in general.
Youtube: https://youtu.be/vLkasevJP5c
Transcript: https://theinsideview.ai/alex
Host: https://twitter.com/MichaelTrazzi
Alex: https://twitter.com/lxrjl
OUTLINE
(00:00) Intro
(00:31) How Alex Ended Up Making Forecasting Videos
(02:43) Why You Should Try Calibration Training
(07:25) How Alex Upskilled In Forecasting
(12:25) Why A Spider Monkey Profile Picture
(13:53) Why You Cannot Just "Update All The Way Bro"
(18:50) Why The Metaculus AGI Forecasts Dropped Twice
(24:37) How Alex’s AI Timelines Differ From Metaculus
(27:11) Maximizing Your Own Impact Using Forecasting
(33:52) What Makes A Good Forecasting Question
(41:59) What Motivated Alex To Develop Inside Views About AI
(43:26) Trying To Pass AI Alignment Ideological Turing Tests
(54:52) Why Economic Growth Curve Fitting Is Not Sufficient To Forecast AGI
(01:04:10) Additional Resources
55 episodi
Manage episode 340300629 series 2966339
Alex Lawsen is an advisor at 80,000 hours, released an Introduction to Forecasting Youtube Series and has recently been thinking about forecasting AI progress, why you cannot just "update all the way bro" (discussed in my latest episode with Connor Leahy) and how to develop inside views about AI Alignment in general.
Youtube: https://youtu.be/vLkasevJP5c
Transcript: https://theinsideview.ai/alex
Host: https://twitter.com/MichaelTrazzi
Alex: https://twitter.com/lxrjl
OUTLINE
(00:00) Intro
(00:31) How Alex Ended Up Making Forecasting Videos
(02:43) Why You Should Try Calibration Training
(07:25) How Alex Upskilled In Forecasting
(12:25) Why A Spider Monkey Profile Picture
(13:53) Why You Cannot Just "Update All The Way Bro"
(18:50) Why The Metaculus AGI Forecasts Dropped Twice
(24:37) How Alex’s AI Timelines Differ From Metaculus
(27:11) Maximizing Your Own Impact Using Forecasting
(33:52) What Makes A Good Forecasting Question
(41:59) What Motivated Alex To Develop Inside Views About AI
(43:26) Trying To Pass AI Alignment Ideological Turing Tests
(54:52) Why Economic Growth Curve Fitting Is Not Sufficient To Forecast AGI
(01:04:10) Additional Resources
55 episodi
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