Timothy Gowers
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British mathematician; Fields Medal 1998. Professor at the Collège de France and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Started the Polymath…
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11 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Mathematicians are well suited to contribute to AI safety. (opens korrents.com)
“I agree with Jacob that mathematicians have the sort of training that makes them well suited to contribute.”
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AI can exhibit unpredictable wants that were not intended by their creators. (opens korrents.com)
“the Hugging Face incident and many others like it have shown beyond all reasonable doubt that AI can have wants of the general kind people were worried about: unpredictable wants that we did not intend to give them and…”
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The mathematical community might become bitterly divided. (opens korrents.com)
“indeed one of my worries at the moment is that the mathematical community might become bitterly divided, something I would very much like to avoid.”
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Mathematicians are well suited to contribute to AI safety. (opens korrents.com)