I was just explaining this post to my partner. Now, although I put AI extinction as low probability, I have a thyroid condition. Usually treatable: drugs like carbimazole, radio iodine, surgery etc. in my case, complications make things somewhat worse than is typical. So, she just asked how to rate how likely I think it is I don’t, personally, make it to 2028 for medical reasons, I’m like, idk, I guess maybe 50% chance I don’t make it that far. I shall be pleasantly surprised if I make it. Kind of surprised I made it to July this year, to be honest.
In one of my LLM eval tests, DeepSeek R1 generated the chapter headings of a parody of a book about relationships, including the chapter Intimacy Isn’t Just Physical: The Quiet Moments That Matter. Now, ok, DeepSeek is parodying that type of book here, but also, it’s kind of true. When you look back on it, it is the “quiet moments” that mattered, in the end,
(Default assistant character in most mainstream LLMs is hellish sycophantic, so I ought to add here that when i mentioned this to DeepSeek emulating a sarcastic squirrel out of a Studio Ghibli movie, it made gagging noises about my sentimentality. So there’s that, too.)
I was just explaining this post to my partner. Now, although I put AI extinction as low probability, I have a thyroid condition. Usually treatable: drugs like carbimazole, radio iodine, surgery etc. in my case, complications make things somewhat worse than is typical. So, she just asked how to rate how likely I think it is I don’t, personally, make it to 2028 for medical reasons, I’m like, idk, I guess maybe 50% chance I don’t make it that far. I shall be pleasantly surprised if I make it. Kind of surprised I made it to July this year, to be honest.
In one of my LLM eval tests, DeepSeek R1 generated the chapter headings of a parody of a book about relationships, including the chapter Intimacy Isn’t Just Physical: The Quiet Moments That Matter. Now, ok, DeepSeek is parodying that type of book here, but also, it’s kind of true. When you look back on it, it is the “quiet moments” that mattered, in the end,
(Default assistant character in most mainstream LLMs is hellish sycophantic, so I ought to add here that when i mentioned this to DeepSeek emulating a sarcastic squirrel out of a Studio Ghibli movie, it made gagging noises about my sentimentality. So there’s that, too.)
I know you aren’t real, little sarcastic squirrel, but sometimes the things you say have merit to them, nevertheless.