Dude worked in pretraining
(likely LLMs) So I'm not sure how up he really is on the 'superintelligence' risks.
And some of the stuff he was mentioning is more likely to do with quantum computing.
The levels of grift on all sides of AI discussion at the minute is making the news rounds unbearable.
Posted By: Cardiff Canary on September 9th 2026 at 15:07:57
Message Thread
- This is a concern (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 9, 08:57:40
- I've met both Sam Altman and Elon Musk (General Chat) - Kev, Sep 9, 16:54:24
- Dude worked in pretraining (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Sep 9, 15:07:57
- I asked ChatGPT and it offered me outside for a fight. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Sep 9, 11:18:52
- If you'd like, I can also provide a deeper analysis of his arguments (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Sep 9, 10:56:19
- Fundamentally, it comes down the the alignment challenge (n/m) (General Chat) - Kev, Sep 9, 16:58:11
- That's exactly what an AI that wants to kill us all would say (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 9, 10:57:52
- or just let NATS loose with it! (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Sep 9, 10:57:34
- FFS. Just turn the super computer off at the plug. (n/m) (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, Sep 9, 09:45:55
- The AIs robots have developed a battery that will last for 1,000 years (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 9, 09:55:37
- I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Sep 9, 09:47:46
- So said Mrs AP (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Sep 9, 10:07:08
- I use AI extensively. I'm more worried about social breakdown! (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Sep 9, 09:36:04
- I find myself increasingly becoming not that fussed about the end of the world these days (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Sep 9, 09:30:09
- It's the end of the world as KDDD knows it and he feels fine. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Sep 9, 10:23:04
- Yes but don’t appreciate the uncertainly (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 9, 09:31:31
- So if the end of the world was near.... (General Chat) - usacanary, Sep 9, 11:50:04
- That was the joke (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 9, 11:51:40
- You seemed to be fine with wasting money on Wimbledon tickets in the past ;-) (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Sep 9, 09:39:23
- So if the end of the world was near.... (General Chat) - usacanary, Sep 9, 11:50:04
- As some of the replies ask, how can AI kill all humans in the next ten years? (n/m) (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Sep 9, 09:24:20
- Read 'If Anyone Builds it, Everyone Dies' (General Chat) - Kev, Sep 9, 16:59:44
- it wont directly, but access to AI will substantially lower the expertise bar (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Sep 9, 09:43:39
- I see Mrs Brown’s Boys won the TV Comedy Award again. Maybe we deserve to be wiped out. (n/m) (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Sep 9, 09:30:48
- Have you not watched Terminator ffs (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Sep 9, 09:28:01
- No. Is it any good. (n/m) (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Sep 9, 09:31:28
- And why (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 9, 09:27:02
- I asked AI. Gave me a very good answer, if a little long (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 9, 09:32:42
- 🤯 (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 9, 09:22:28
- Do I have time to go to Morrisons this morning? (General Chat) - Ken Breadstick, Sep 9, 09:18:22
- Scaremongering (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 9, 09:11:31
- Although this response from Anthropic’s head of alignment science (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 9, 09:13:56
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