Incredible. Somebody please get this to Hofstadter and the rest of The Economist folks. Issuing a correction would be send a strong message to readers.
Here’s other AI safety coverage from The Economist, including quotes from Jack Clark of Anthropic. Seems thoughtful and well-researched, if a bit short on x-risk: https://www.economist.com/interactive/briefing/2022/06/11/huge-foundation-models-are-turbo-charging-ai-progress
I sent an email to the editor with this information, and included Hofstadter on it.
Please let us know if they respond!
Incredible. Somebody please get this to Hofstadter and the rest of The Economist folks. Issuing a correction would be send a strong message to readers.
Here’s other AI safety coverage from The Economist, including quotes from Jack Clark of Anthropic. Seems thoughtful and well-researched, if a bit short on x-risk: https://www.economist.com/interactive/briefing/2022/06/11/huge-foundation-models-are-turbo-charging-ai-progress
I sent an email to the editor with this information, and included Hofstadter on it.
Please let us know if they respond!