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Re:Sharing AI progress in mathematics by mikestylz on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @09:21PM (#49986715)
> When AI becomes more capable of navigating practical problems without human intervention, I will start to be concerned.

Given the past rate of progress, why not start being concerned now? It's a bit like the economist saying that the optimal number of flights to miss is not zero. If you keep landing short on your estimations for how far this technology will go, next time you should err on the other side.

And regarding Vending-Bench 2 (https://andonlabs.com/evals/vending-bench-2) my understanding is that models do pretty well on it now.

Re:Sharing AI progress in mathematics by bamboozled on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @11:14PM (#49987653)
What's the point of being concerned?

We're not going to stop it because of the money involved and once we're dead, it won't matter anyway, might as well just enjoy life until you're done.

We're going to get AI'd to the max, whether or not we like it or not, might as well just go with it.

Re:Sharing AI progress in mathematics by mikestylz on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @12:56AM (#49988388)
We can't stop it. But you can use your voice to buy time and resources for alignment and safety research. A few additional months may make a world of difference.
Re:Sharing AI progress in mathematics by ForHackernews on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @05:52AM (#49990485)
All the billionaires making AI already say there's a 10-50% chance it's going to kill everyone.

I don't think your LessWrong post is going to save us.

Re:Sharing AI progress in mathematics by aesthesia on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @01:27AM (#49988607)
If anything is a doomer attitude, this is.
Re:Sharing AI progress in mathematics by bamboozled on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @07:46AM (#49991409)
A doomer is someone who believes doom is inevitable or highly likely, I'm not saying that, I'm just saying "being concerned" will probably get you nothing in return and this tech is getting developed no matter what.

The only way it will stop is if the wealthy / powerful people feel threatened by it, properly threatened.

Re:Sharing AI progress in mathematics by bigmadshoe on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @10:37AM (#49993482)
Your attitude is extremely sad. Do you think we would be where we are today if oppressed people's throughout history just gave up as easily? We have rights because people fight for them. We collectively have the power to decide what kind of future we want to live in.
Re:Sharing AI progress in mathematics by bamboozled on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @12:24PM (#49995014)
My point was that it’s It worth worrying about. Not that we should fight / have rights
Re:Sharing AI progress in mathematics by bigmadshoe on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @02:30PM (#49996899)
> once we're dead, it won't matter anyway

It sounds like something is worth worrying about if you foresee us being dead, presumably prematurely.

Re:Sharing AI progress in mathematics by bamboozled on Thursday October 08, 2026 @07:03AM (#50004343)
Does worrying about something improve your situation?