The Cambrian Period of AI - Lachlan Gray
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I’ve noticed that AI twitter is talking a lot about evolution lately, and for good reason. Comparing AI development to an evolutionary system lets
The Cambrian Period of AI - Lachlan Gray --> Lachlan Gray Home Archives Search Feed About The Cambrian Period of AI I’ve noticed that AI twitter is talking a lot about evolution lately, and for good reason. Comparing AI development to an evolutionary system lets us do a kind of dimensional analysis 1 and take a fuzzy glimpse into the future. It can potentially help to estimate scales and behavioural trends of AI in the way G.I. Taylor estimated the energy released by an atomic bomb (confidential information at the time) from a series of pictures published in a magazine. This is the first post
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