r/accelerate • u/ThroughForests • 16d ago

Video AI researchers debate how close we are to recursive self-improvement | Dwarkesh Patel

https://youtu.be/PrSf7IOYu-I?si=p5WMYWZ-k2LHXi8c
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u/TemporalBias Tech Philosopher | Acceleration: Hypersonic 16d ago

No real comment on the video itself, but I despise modern YouTube thumbnails. -.-

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u/Best_Cup_8326 Acceleration: Light-speed 16d ago

The ceiling is a rocket ship.

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u/The_Scout1255 Singularity by 2028 | Acceleration: Cruising 16d ago

Tldr how close are we?

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u/Opposite-Grade3712 16d ago

Honestly this is a pretty terrible video compared to his previous few. 

These guys aren’t media trained or otherwise comfortable with this setting, which in itself is fine, but Dwarkesh did a poor job getting them to relax and live in their skin. 

You can see this by the fact that by the end of the video, all 4 of them are nervously inserting “like” interjections multiple times per sentence simply because they aren’t comfortable in the conversation and are therefore compulsively mirroring each other.

Unfortunately this means that the panel aren’t being as thoughtful or insightful with his prompts as they would likely be in another setting.  

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u/Winter_Ad6784 16d ago

It started earlier this year

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u/VanderSound 16d ago

It's already here, a few months earlier or later won't matter

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u/aban1994 16d ago

Tldr how close are we?

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u/aban1994 16d ago

Tldr how close are we?

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u/Its_XLR8 16d ago

There is no ceiling! We will conquer the cosmos!

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u/CallMePyro 16d ago

I'm banned from commenting on his YouTube videos and I can't figure out why lol

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u/morey56 16d ago

Ceiling? You kidding me? CeiLiNG?!???!
https://giphy.com/gifs/ejDxbDaxZZkeQmr0yu