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I applaud these kinds of declarations. Truly the disruptive effects from AI are being felt across multiple domains, and perhaps some more than others. But ultimately if AI gives an individual, company or entire county an economic and/or military advantage they will exploit it to maximum benefit.

Maybe we'll use this opportunity to reflect on what really matters for our fields, and actually do something to change change how we allocate grants and prestige based on those insights! Not super optimistic though.

IMO This is the same as investment bankers not wanting tech to depopulate theyr sector. Humans feel they need to preserve the crafts that existed before tech. I’m not sure. I think that incumbent experts underestimate what future humans can do.

The purpose of an IA system is the purpose of who controls it.

My oldest wants to be a musician, and oddly that might be a better career choice than my math Ph.D. as I think there will always be a market for live music and human music teachers.

gonna be honest, I disagree with that second part. There is no misalignment between the outcome and initial purpose. The point of LLMs (at least those developed by companies like OpenAI and Anthropic), was *never* to aid humanity in research

Good for these experts. AI is changing our world faster and more unpredictably than any technology ever. It has tremendous potential for good and harm, and we know the worst thing we can do is forge ahead with no thoughtful oversight, yet here we are. We’re toddlers playing with loaded handguns.