Simon Goldstein

1 month ago | lawfaremedia.org | Simon Goldstein |Peter Salib

One of the great successes of the 20th century was that the U.S. and the Soviet Union never entered into total war. Nuclear deterrence was central to this feat; each of the two great superpowers had nuclear weapons. If either party attacked the other, the attacker could expect to be destroyed by the defender in a second strike. Today, the United States and China are engaged in a new kind of conflict: the artificial general intelligence (AGI) race.

1 month ago | lawfaremedia.org | Simon Goldstein |Peter Salib

On Jan. 1, the Chinese company DeepSeek released r1, a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that matches the performance of recent American reasoning models such as OpenAI’s o1. R1 has caused something of a panic in the United States, with many calling for the U.S. government to ensure that the United States prevails in the “AI race” with China.

Oct 1, 2024 | lesswrong.com | Simon Goldstein

[This post is the introduction to my full paper, available here https://philpapers.org/rec/GOLWAA. This post was partially inspired by a LW comment thread between @Matthew Barnett and @Wei Dai.]Abstract. This paper offers the first careful analysis of the possibility that AI and humanity will go to war. The paper focuses on the case of artificial general intelligence, AI with broadly human capabilities.

Sep 16, 2024 | lawfaremedia.org | Simon Goldstein

Leading artificial intelligence (AI) researchers are sounding the alarm about the catastrophic risks of rapidly advancing AI technology.

Jul 6, 2024 | lesswrong.com | Simon Goldstein

Just wanted to share a new paper on AI consciousness with Simon Goldstein that members of this community might be interested in. Here's the abstract:It is generally assumed that existing artificial systems are not phenomenally conscious, and that the construction of phenomenally conscious artificial systems would require significant technological progress if it is possible at all.