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S3E148 A Better Future, Without Backprop
This concludes "Gradient Dissent", the companion document to "Better Without AI". Thank you so much for listening! You can support the podcast and get episodes a week early, by supporting the…
S3E147 Better Text Generation With Science And Engineering
Current text generators, such as ChatGPT, are highly unreliable, difficult to use effectively, unable to do many things we might want them to, and extremely expensive to develop and run. These…
S3E146 Classifying Images: Massive Parallelism And Surface Features
Analysis of image classifiers demonstrates that it is possible to understand backprop networks at the task-relevant run-time algorithmic level. In these systems, at least, networks gain their power…
S3E145 Do AI As Engineering Instead
Current AI practice is not engineering, even when it aims for practical applications, because it is not based on scientific understanding. Enforcing engineering norms on the field could lead to…
S3E144 Do AI As Science Instead
Few AI experiments constitute meaningful tests of hypotheses. As a branch of machine learning research, AI science has concentrated on black box investigation of training time phenomena. The best of…
S3E143 Do AI As Science And Engineering Instead
Do AI As Science And Engineering Instead - We've seen that current AI practice leads to technologies that are expensive, difficult to apply in real-world situations, and inherently unsafe. Neglected…
S3E142 Backpropaganda: Anti-Rational Neuro-Mythology
Current AI results from experimental variation of mechanisms, unguided by theoretical principles. That has produced systems that can do amazing things. On the other hand, they are extremely…
S3E141 Artificial Neurons Considered Harmful, Part 2
The conclusion of this chapter. So-called "neural networks" are extremely expensive, poorly understood, unfixably unreliable, deceptive, data hungry, and inherently limited in capabilities. In short:…
S3E140 Gradient Dissent- Artificial Neurons Considered Harmful, Part 1
This begins "Gradient Dissent", the companion material to "Better Without AI". The neural network and GPT technologies that power current artificial intelligence are exceptionally error prone,…
S3E139 Futurism, Politics, and Responsibility
The five short chapters in this episode are the conclusion of the main body of Better Without AI. Next, we'll begin the book's appendix, Gradient Dissent. Cozy Futurism - If we knew we'd never get…
S3E144 A Future We Would Like
A Future We Would Like - The most important questions are not about technology but about us. What sorts of future would we like? What role could AI play in getting us there, and also in that world?…
S3E143 Scientific Progress Without AI
Stop obstructing scientific progress! We already know how to dramatically accelerate science: by getting out of the way. https://betterwithout.ai/stop-obstructing-science How to science better. What…
S3E142 Limits To Experimental Induction
Progress requires experimentation. Suggested ways AI could speed progress by automating experiments appear mistaken. https://betterwithout.ai/limits-to-induction You can support the podcast and get…
S3E141 Bonus Episode 8: Going Down On The Phenomenon
Forgive the sound quality on this episode; I recorded it live in front of an audience on a platform floating in a lake during the 2024 solar eclipse. This is a standalone essay by David Chapman on…
S3E140 The Role Of Intelligence In Science
What Is The Role Of Intelligence In Science? Actually, what are "science" and "intelligence"? Precise, explicit definitions aren't necessary, but discussions of Transformative AI seem to depend…
S3E139 Radical Progress Without Scary AI
Radical Progress Without Scary AI: Technological progress, in medicine for example, provides an altruistic motivation for developing more powerful AIs. I suggest that AI may be unnecessary, or even…
S3E138 AI Is Net Harmful, and, A Negative Public Image For AI
Recognize that AI is probably net harmful: Actually-existing and near-future AIs are net harmful—never mind their longer-term risks. We should shut them down, not pussyfoot around hoping they can…
S3E137 Spurn Artificial Ideology
"Apocalypse now" identified the corrosive influence of new viral ideologies, created unintentionally by recommender systems, as a major AI risk. These may cause social collapse if not tackled…
S3E136 Fight DOOM AI with SCIENCE! and ENGINEERING!!
Current AI practices produce technologies that are expensive, difficult to apply in real-world situations, and inherently unsafe. Neglected scientific and engineering investigations can bring better…
S3E135 Mistrust Machine Learning
The technologies underlying current AI systems are inherently, unfixably unreliable. They should be deprecated, avoided, regulated, and replaced. https://betterwithout.ai/mistrust-machine-learning…
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