I still remember the 90s, when philosophical conversation about AI went around in endless circles—the Turing Test, Chinese Room, syntax versus semantics, connectionism versus symbolic logic—without ever seeming to make progress. Now the days have […]
Today, Dana and I unhesitatingly join a group of Jewish scientists around the world (see the full current list of signatories here, including Ed Witten, Steven Pinker, Manuel Blum, Shafi Goldwasser, Judea Pearl, Lenny Susskind, […]
Coming out of blog-hiatus for some important stuff, today, tomorrow, and the rest of the week. Something distressing happened to me yesterday for the first time, but I fear not the last. We (UT Austin) […]
[WARNING: SPOILERS FOLLOW] Tonight, on a rare date without the kids, Dana and I saw M3GAN, the new black-comedy horror movie about an orphaned 9-year-old girl named Cady who, under the care of her roboticist […]
Just days after we celebrated my wife’s 40th birthday, she came down with COVID, meaning she’s been isolating and I’ve been spending almost all my time dealing with our kids. But if experience has taught […]
The following is what I read at Dana’s 40th birthday party last night. Don’t worry, it’s being posted with her approval. –SA I’d like to propose a toast to Dana, my wife and mother of […]
Dear Scott, This is you, from 30 years in the future, Christmas Eve 2022. Your Ghost of Christmas Future. To get this out of the way: you eventually become a professor who works on quantum […]
This is going to be one of the many Shtetl-Optimized posts that I didn’t feel like writing, but was ultimately given no choice but to write. News, social media, and my inbox have been abuzz […]
Two weeks ago, I gave a lecture setting out my current thoughts on AI safety, halfway through my year at OpenAI. I was asked to speak by UT Austin’s Effective Altruist club. You can watch […]
Happy Thanksgiving to my American readers! While I enjoy a family holiday-week vacation in exotic Dallas—and yes, I will follow up on my old JFK post by visiting Dealey Plaza—please enjoy the following Thanksgiving victuals: […]
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