Who is Susan C. Athey and what did she change? Analyzing digital markets with causal inference and machine learning

Susan C. Athey is an economist who has studied ways to analyze digital markets and policy by connecting economic theory, ...
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Why Is Everyone Freaking Out About Recursive Self-Improvement?

What happens when artificial intelligence systems start to think for themselves, make themselves more powerful and escape human control in their quest to achieve superintelligence? That prospect has ...
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There Is Something We Have to Do Right Now About A.I.

There Is Something We Have to Do Right Now About A.I. Artificial intelligence labs are on the verge of handing over the training of A.I. to A.I. We should stop them. There’s a chasm right now between ...
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Is Intelligence Recursive? What Happens When AI Creates Its Successors

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Regan Peng is an AI founder and former senior tech executive, focused on personal AI, ...
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The Liftoff Scenario That Terrifies A.I. Doomsayers

“Recursive self-improvement” is the idea that artificial intelligence could learn to build and train itself, creating exponential new progress — and risk. Jeff Clune, a computer scientist and ...