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Communications in Hard Mode - Machine Intelligence Research Institute

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I wasn’t looking to change careers, even after nineteen sometimes-difficult years. I was good at it. I enjoyed it. After long experimentation, I had found ways to cut through the nonsense and provide real value to my students. Daily, I met my nemesis, Apathy, in glorious battle, and bested her with growing frequency. I had found my voice. At MIRI, I’m still struggling to find my voice, for reasons my colleagues have invited me to share later in this post. But my nemesis is the same. Apathy will be the death of us. Indifference about whether this whole AI thing goes well or ends in disaster. Come-what-may acceptance of whatever awaits us at the other end of the glittering path. Telling ourselves that there’s nothing we can do anyway. Imagining that some adults in the room will take care of the problem, even if we don’t see any such adults. Perhaps you’ve felt her insidious pull on your psyche. I think we all have. This AI stuff is cool. Giving in to the “thermodynamic god”, to She-Who-C

Communications in Hard Mode - Machine Intelligence Research Institute Skip to content Communications in Hard Mode December 13, 2024 Mitchell Howe Six months ago, I was a high school English teacher. I wasn’t looking to change careers, even after nineteen sometimes-difficult years. I was good at it. I enjoyed it. After long experimentation , I had found ways to cut through the nonsense and provide real value to my students. Daily, I met my nemesis, Apathy, in glorious battle, and bested her with growing frequency. I had found my voice. At MIRI, I’m still struggling to find my voice, for reasons

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