There have recently been lots of discussions about the risks of AI, whether in the short term with existing methods or in the longer term…
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I recently signed an open letter asking to slow down the development of giant AI systems more powerful than GPT-4 –those that currently pass the…
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Co-written with my PhD student Edward J. Hu. Scaling seems to work really well. We must be cautious in pursuing research directions that build knowledge…
Comments closed(see gflownet tutorial and paper list here) I have rarely been as enthusiastic about a new research direction. We call them GFlowNets, for Generative Flow…
Comments closedWe sometimes come across catchy headlines about AI that can scare or excite us, such as “By the middle of this century, artificial intelligence will…
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I was at the Montreal climate march on Friday Sept 24th, 2021 with a bunch of Mila folk and it got me thinking again and…
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In my previous blog entry, I discussed how when each person or corporation maximizes their individual interests, it can easily end up with most of…
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Many experts, but not enough people, are well aware that markets can fail to achieve the goal of maximizing long-term wealth, and indeed they do…
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Mila’s COVI project has found itself at the centre of a public debate regarding the use of an app in the fight against COVID-19. While…
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Social distancing works but in its simplest form it is brutal and economically very damaging. We have already seen how tracing and testing can greatly…
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