Episode 11: A GPT-4 Fanfiction Novella, April 7 2023
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 · Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna
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Show Notes
After a hype-y few weeks of AI happenings, Alex and Emily shovel the BS on GPT-4’s “system card,” its alleged “sparks of Artificial General Intelligence,” and a criti-hype heavy "AI pause" letter. Hint: for a good time, check the citations.
This episode originally aired on Friday, April 7, 2023.
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References:
GPT-4 system card: https://cdn.openai.com/papers/gpt-4-system-card.pdf
“Sparks of AGI” hype: https://twitter.com/SebastienBubeck/status/1638704164770332674
And the preprint from Bubeck et al.: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.12712
“Pause AI” letter: https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/
The “Sparks” paper points to this 1997 editorial in their definition of “intelligence”:
https://www1.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/reprints/1997mainstream.pdf
Radiolab's miniseries, 'G': https://radiolab.org/series/radiolab-presents-g
Baria and Cross, "The brain is a computer is a brain.": https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.14042
Senator Chris Murphy buys the hype:
https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1640186536825061376
Generative “AI” is making “police sketches”:
https://twitter.com/Wolven/status/1624299508371804161?t=DXyucCPYPAKNn8TtAo0xeg&s=19
More mathy math in policing:
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/aurora-police-new-ai-system-bodycam-footage/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
User Research without the Users:
https://twitter.com/schock/status/1643392611560878086
DoNotPay is here to cancel your gym membership:
https://twitter.com/BrianBrackeen/status/1644193519496511488?s=20
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Music by Toby Menon.
Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park.
Production by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.