Center for AGI Investigations
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First-responders at the cutting edge. We are building a scientific methodology for investigating claims related to advanced artificial intelligence. #AGI #ArtificialIntelligence
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This turtle-inspired pneumatic soft robot that can move around without electronics, powered only by a constant source of pressurized air.
Learn more in #ScienceRobotics on #WorldTurtleDay: scim.ag/3ZzOekr
Learn more in #ScienceRobotics on #WorldTurtleDay: scim.ag/3ZzOekr
May 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This turtle-inspired pneumatic soft robot that can move around without electronics, powered only by a constant source of pressurized air.
Learn more in #ScienceRobotics on #WorldTurtleDay: scim.ag/3ZzOekr
Learn more in #ScienceRobotics on #WorldTurtleDay: scim.ag/3ZzOekr
AI doesn’t have to destroy us, we’re doing a fine job of that on our own.
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The other AI apocalypse — Center for AGI Investigations
AI doesn’t have to destroy us, we’re doing a fine job of that on our own.
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April 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
AI doesn’t have to destroy us, we’re doing a fine job of that on our own.
www.cagii.org/blog/the-oth...
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"The only path forward is advanced AI systems to become so useful that we forget we’re using them. Simply put: AI needs to fade into the background."
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AGI should be neither seen nor heard — Center for AGI Investigations
The only path forward is advanced AI systems to become so useful that we forget we’re using them. Simply put: AI needs to fade into the background.
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April 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"The only path forward is advanced AI systems to become so useful that we forget we’re using them. Simply put: AI needs to fade into the background."
via @tristangreene.bsky.social
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via @tristangreene.bsky.social
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Google’s latest AI model report lacks key safety details, experts say
On Thursday, weeks after launching its most powerful AI model yet, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Google published a technical report showing the results of its internal safety evaluations. However, the report is light o…
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On Thursday, weeks after launching its most powerful AI model yet, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Google published a technical report showing the results of its internal safety evaluations. However, the report is light o…
#ai #gemini #geminiai
Google’s latest AI model report lacks key safety details, experts say
On Thursday, weeks after launching its most powerful AI model yet, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Google published a technical report showing the results of its internal safety evaluations. However, the report is light on the details, experts say, making it difficult to determine which risks the model might pose. Technical reports provide useful — and unflattering, […]
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April 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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I've written a blog post about my visualization of federal funding in AI research. mark-riedl.medium.com/visualizing-...
Visualizing the Influence of Federal Funding on the AI Boom
The Transformer was invented in Google. Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF) was not invented in industry labs, but is most…
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April 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I've written a blog post about my visualization of federal funding in AI research. mark-riedl.medium.com/visualizing-...
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There’s an arms race going on between a disease-causing fungus and its host, and it’s not the one portrayed in HBO’s postapocalyptic series The Last of Us. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/42QS3Un
Arms race between ants and fungi has echoes of The Last of Us
Insects are fighting off fungal invaders, but the fungi have some tricks up their sleeve
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April 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
There’s an arms race going on between a disease-causing fungus and its host, and it’s not the one portrayed in HBO’s postapocalyptic series The Last of Us. #ScienceMagArchives scim.ag/42QS3Un
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A newsletter about AI-assisted writing for humans who read and write non-fiction.
"The Electric Ink Daily" by @cagii.bsky.social
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"The Electric Ink Daily" by @cagii.bsky.social
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The Electric Ink Daily
Our second issue: “Digesting Readers” Please be seated. Today’s newsletter covers the use of large language models to summarize non-fiction, what Hamlet can tell us about reading, and how to get AI mo...
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April 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A newsletter about AI-assisted writing for humans who read and write non-fiction.
"The Electric Ink Daily" by @cagii.bsky.social
Read it on @linkedin.com
www.linkedin.com/pulse/electr...
"The Electric Ink Daily" by @cagii.bsky.social
Read it on @linkedin.com
www.linkedin.com/pulse/electr...
A groundbreaking discovery of potential life signs on planet K2-18B has been made, but funding cuts threaten further exploration.
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a man says i 'm on a roller coaster of emotions right now
ALT: a man says i 'm on a roller coaster of emotions right now
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April 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A groundbreaking discovery of potential life signs on planet K2-18B has been made, but funding cuts threaten further exploration.
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‘Totally broken’: how Trump 2.0 has paralysed work at US science agencies www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Totally broken’: how Trump 2.0 has paralysed work at US science agencies
Researchers who spoke to Nature say they don’t have the money or staff to do fieldwork or process samples.
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April 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
‘Totally broken’: how Trump 2.0 has paralysed work at US science agencies www.nature.com/articles/d41...
We might all just be a bunch of lil mini figs running around trying to make sense of a limited edition boxed set. 🤷♀️
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The Big Little Bang theory — Center for AGI Investigations
Is our universe just made of tiny little plastic bricks? And if so, what does that mean?
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April 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We might all just be a bunch of lil mini figs running around trying to make sense of a limited edition boxed set. 🤷♀️
www.cagii.org/blog/the-big...
www.cagii.org/blog/the-big...
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"If we really want the best talent in science, then let’s foster environments across the scientific enterprise that invite neurodiversity and recognize the strengths of neurological differences," writes @holdenthorp.bsky.social in a 2024 #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/3GcwC7z
April 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"If we really want the best talent in science, then let’s foster environments across the scientific enterprise that invite neurodiversity and recognize the strengths of neurological differences," writes @holdenthorp.bsky.social in a 2024 #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/3GcwC7z
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Today on "Uncanny Valley," we tell you how you can best protect yourself from surveillance technology at protests. www.wired.com/story/uncann...
How Americans Are Surveilled During Protests
Today on "Uncanny Valley," we tell you how you can best protect yourself from surveillance technology at protests.
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April 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Today on "Uncanny Valley," we tell you how you can best protect yourself from surveillance technology at protests. www.wired.com/story/uncann...
"It turns out that making robots that are strong enough to do chores requiring tools means making robots that are strong enough to break fingers. We won’t even get into hammer math." 🤖+🔨=😬
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What are people expecting from domestic humanoid robots? — Center for AGI Investigations
Hugging Face recently bought Pollen Robotics, a startup developing “open source” humanoid robots.
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April 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"It turns out that making robots that are strong enough to do chores requiring tools means making robots that are strong enough to break fingers. We won’t even get into hammer math." 🤖+🔨=😬
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Hats off to the research team at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China led by Leilei Gu. They published a fascinating paper in Nature Machine Intelligence today describing an “AI-boosted” camera system designed to help visually impaired persons navigate the world.
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AI for good: We love this computer vision system for the visually impaired — Center for AGI Investigations
An AI-boosted computer vision system developed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University helps visually impaired individuals navigate 25% faster than with traditional canes.
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April 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Hats off to the research team at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China led by Leilei Gu. They published a fascinating paper in Nature Machine Intelligence today describing an “AI-boosted” camera system designed to help visually impaired persons navigate the world.
www.cagii.org/blog/ai-for-...
www.cagii.org/blog/ai-for-...
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April 14 is #WorldQuantumDay, an annual celebration of #quantum science and technology.
Explore or work on quantum information science (#QIS) exploring the status of the field as well as research and development needs to promote further discoveries: buff.ly/zagJdXx
Explore or work on quantum information science (#QIS) exploring the status of the field as well as research and development needs to promote further discoveries: buff.ly/zagJdXx
April 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
April 14 is #WorldQuantumDay, an annual celebration of #quantum science and technology.
Explore or work on quantum information science (#QIS) exploring the status of the field as well as research and development needs to promote further discoveries: buff.ly/zagJdXx
Explore or work on quantum information science (#QIS) exploring the status of the field as well as research and development needs to promote further discoveries: buff.ly/zagJdXx
Whenever AI makes you ‘feel’ something, you’re being manipulated
"In other words: You’re the middle segment in a human-AI centipede."
via @tristangreene.bsky.social
#AI #Chatbots #LLMs
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"In other words: You’re the middle segment in a human-AI centipede."
via @tristangreene.bsky.social
#AI #Chatbots #LLMs
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Whenever AI makes you ‘feel’ something, you’re being manipulated — Center for AGI Investigations
In other words: You’re the middle segment in a human-AI centipede.
www.cagii.org
April 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Whenever AI makes you ‘feel’ something, you’re being manipulated
"In other words: You’re the middle segment in a human-AI centipede."
via @tristangreene.bsky.social
#AI #Chatbots #LLMs
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"In other words: You’re the middle segment in a human-AI centipede."
via @tristangreene.bsky.social
#AI #Chatbots #LLMs
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"If the basic idea is to get the most utility out of chatbots, it seems counterintuitive to train them to waste tokens and time outputting polite language." via @tristangreene.bsky.social
#AI #LLMs #Chatbots
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#AI #LLMs #Chatbots
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Should you be polite to AI? — Center for AGI Investigations
If the basic idea is to get the most utility out of chatbots, it seems counterintuitive to train them to waste tokens and time outputting polite language.
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April 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"If the basic idea is to get the most utility out of chatbots, it seems counterintuitive to train them to waste tokens and time outputting polite language." via @tristangreene.bsky.social
#AI #LLMs #Chatbots
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#AI #LLMs #Chatbots
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We wanted to take a moment and introduce the humans behind the Center for AGI Investigations. We are Nikki and Tristan 👋 We've been together 14 years and learning together is still one of our favorite things in life ❤️ We look forward to connecting and learning with you too!
April 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We wanted to take a moment and introduce the humans behind the Center for AGI Investigations. We are Nikki and Tristan 👋 We've been together 14 years and learning together is still one of our favorite things in life ❤️ We look forward to connecting and learning with you too!
Putting LLMs inside of robots won’t solve the embodiment problem
"You can breathe into a robot’s nostrils all you want, it’s still just a glorified Teddy Ruxpin."
#AI #AGI #LLMs
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"You can breathe into a robot’s nostrils all you want, it’s still just a glorified Teddy Ruxpin."
#AI #AGI #LLMs
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Putting LLMs inside of robots won’t solve the embodiment problem — Center for AGI Investigations
Chatbots don’t actually exist. No, we’re not trying to create a conspiracy theory. What we mean is this: large language models (LLMs) aren’t “entities” or “beings.”
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April 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Putting LLMs inside of robots won’t solve the embodiment problem
"You can breathe into a robot’s nostrils all you want, it’s still just a glorified Teddy Ruxpin."
#AI #AGI #LLMs
www.cagii.org/blog/putting...
"You can breathe into a robot’s nostrils all you want, it’s still just a glorified Teddy Ruxpin."
#AI #AGI #LLMs
www.cagii.org/blog/putting...
"A human’s medical diagnosis cannot be predicted. There are more than eight billion of us and we’re all different. A diagnosis is a systemic evaluation of variables, not the answer to a multiple-choice or 50/50 question."
via @tristangreene.bsky.social #AI #LLMs
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via @tristangreene.bsky.social #AI #LLMs
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Numbers that lie: AI reaches 95% accuracy on medical diagnostics by reward hacking — Center for AGI Investigations
A team of researchers at RespAI Lab, KIIT Bhubaneswar, KIMS Bhubaneswar, and Monash University, Australia today published a fascinating preprint research paper that takes a mighty bludgeon to the noti...
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April 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
"A human’s medical diagnosis cannot be predicted. There are more than eight billion of us and we’re all different. A diagnosis is a systemic evaluation of variables, not the answer to a multiple-choice or 50/50 question."
via @tristangreene.bsky.social #AI #LLMs
www.cagii.org/blog/numbers...
via @tristangreene.bsky.social #AI #LLMs
www.cagii.org/blog/numbers...
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So so excellent. @propublica.org just won the National Magazine Award for general excellence and for public interest reporting! asme.memberclicks.net/general-exce... 🎉🎉
General Excellence, News, Sports and Entertainment 2025
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April 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
So so excellent. @propublica.org just won the National Magazine Award for general excellence and for public interest reporting! asme.memberclicks.net/general-exce... 🎉🎉
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Workplace discrimination is illegal, no matter if it's done by humans or artificial intelligence.
We took legal action alleging that a Colorado woman's employer used biased AI to deny her a promotion because of her race and disability.
We took legal action alleging that a Colorado woman's employer used biased AI to deny her a promotion because of her race and disability.
I Should Not Have to Fight for Fair Treatment in the Workplace | ACLU
D.K., a Pawnee woman who is Deaf, was denied a promotion after being assessed through biased automated hiring technology.
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April 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Workplace discrimination is illegal, no matter if it's done by humans or artificial intelligence.
We took legal action alleging that a Colorado woman's employer used biased AI to deny her a promotion because of her race and disability.
We took legal action alleging that a Colorado woman's employer used biased AI to deny her a promotion because of her race and disability.
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LLMs are too stupid to be useful for professional work, but that won’t stop content creators from shooting themselves in the foot with it.
AI isn’t coming for your job, mediocrity is
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#AI #AGI #LLMs #Chatbots
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AI isn’t coming for your job, mediocrity is
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#AI #AGI #LLMs #Chatbots
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AI isn’t coming for your job, mediocrity is — Center for AGI Investigations
LLMs are too stupid to be useful for professional work, but that won’t stop content creators from shooting themselves in the foot with it.
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April 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
LLMs are too stupid to be useful for professional work, but that won’t stop content creators from shooting themselves in the foot with it.
AI isn’t coming for your job, mediocrity is
via @tristangreene.bsky.social
#AI #AGI #LLMs #Chatbots
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AI isn’t coming for your job, mediocrity is
via @tristangreene.bsky.social
#AI #AGI #LLMs #Chatbots
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