Chris Chen

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Our approach is “theory-heavy” in the sense that, in contrast with the first aspect of the theory-light approach, we do assess AI systems by looking for processes that scientific theories associate with consciousness
Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence
Similarities in cognitive architecture can be expected to be substantially correlated with phylogenetic relatedness
Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence
Birch (2022b), who considers how we can scientifically investigate consciousness in non-human animals, specifically invertebrates.
Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence
. Some explicitly aim to identify the neural cor- relates of conscious states (NCCs), defined as the minimal sets of neural events which are jointly sufficient for those states (Crick & Koch 1990, Chalmers 2000).
Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence
In this case, it might be possi- ble to build AI systems that are conscious but only to a very slight degree, or even systems which are conscious to a much greater degree than humans (Shulman & Bostrom 2021).
Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence
Measuring in at 110 feet tall and 7.5 feet wide, Terran 1 was the largest 3D printed object to exist – not to mention attempt orbital flight.
Relativity Space - GLHF
On March 22, 2023, Terran 1 became the first 3D printed rocket to reach space.
Relativity Space - GLHF
“Imagine an app that you feel like knows you — it’s like the ultimate concierge — an interface that is adaptive and evolving and changing in real-time, unlike no interface you’ve ever seen before. That would allow us to go from a single vertical company to a cross-vertical company,” Chesky added.
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Some of the best startup ideas live in a grey area of legality. Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, YouTube, Coinbase were all somewhere between questionable and flat-out illegal in their early days.
Jared Friedman on X: "Some of the best startup ideas live in a grey area of legality. Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, YouTube, Coinbase were all somewhere between questionable and flat-out illegal in their early days. One reason for this is that incumbents cannot take any legal risk on a new initiative. Even if…" / X
Be willing to make a very long-term commitment to what you’re doing. Most people aren’t, which is part of the reason they pick “easy” startups. In a world of compounding advantages where most people are operating on a 3 year timeframe and you’re operating on a 10 year timeframe, you’ll have a very large edge.
Hard Startups - Sam Altman
Let yourself become more ambitious—figure out the most interesting version of where what you’re working on could go. Then talk about that big vision and work relentlessly towards it, but always have a reasonable next step. You don’t want step one to be incorporating the company and step two to be going to Mars.
Hard Startups - Sam Altman
Part of the magic of Silicon Valley is that people default to taking you seriously if you’re willing to be serious—they’ve learned it’s a very expensive mistake, in aggregate, not to. If you want to start a company working on a better way to build homes, gene editing, artificial general intelligence, a new education system, or carbon sequestration, you may actually be able to get it funded, even if you don’t have a degree or much experience.
Hard Startups - Sam Altman