Tim Urban

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

What an absolute dick — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Intense decor choice https://t.co/fXOyAZwNXx — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@theworldisoursg shit — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@drvolts I think factory farming should probably be regulated to ensure animals are treated better. I think colleges should try to better include the working class. Not an exhaustive list - just some things I’ve been thinking about! — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@drvolts I think we should probably have more than two parties. I think abortion should be federally protected, up to a point (maybe where it is in Europe?) I think earmarks should maybe be brought back as a way to foster compromise. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@drvolts I think most drugs should be legal. I think teachers should teach kids about a wide variety of worldviews, not just one ideology. I think government funding grants for science should not be determined by the scientist’s politics. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@drvolts I'm hugely concerned about how many people are currently afraid to speak their political minds, but I imagine that’s the exact kind of answer you’re not asking for. Let's see: I think it should be easier for talented foreign people who go to school here to stay. ... — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@drvolts Maybe a better way to put it is: really tribal tribes see themselves and their ideas as perfect, intellectually and morally, and they dehumanize people who disagree with them as evil villains. The crew you're talking about doesn't fit that description. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Or more accurately, why child molestation is great. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Nicky's whole tweet thread https://t.co/lIPscNsThp — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

.@ncasenmare investigates GPT and found that it wasn't that difficult to get it to make a case for why pedophilia is great. https://t.co/W6VSW68WrQ — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@drvolts @npars01 I'll check it out! — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@drvolts Perhaps, but that crew often vehemently disagrees with each other, so they seem less tribal than other tribes. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@drvolts Interesting. The way I read Haidt is more, "we're all incredibly prone to be tribal/partisan, let's be aware of these tendencies so we can avoid the pitfalls." At least that's how I think about it. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@drvolts What's wrong with Haidt? He seems reasonable and balanced and well-researched. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

My AI post: https://t.co/DblUHV0PKc — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

So yeah. As I said, I don't know if we're currently witnessing the beginning of something absolutely wild or just a really cool set of advances and things won't get wild quite yet. But I'm excited to be here, living now, in this absolutely wild time. Even if it is pretty scary. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

I don't know if the future is going to be utopia or dystopia. But it's unlikely to be anything in between. https://t.co/bs7ehM7bX7 — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Something way smarter than us is pretty indistinguishable from a god. It might be a great idea or a terrible idea to open that box. But we're opening it. Because we can't not open it. Human progress is an organism of its own and no one can stop it. I call it the Human Colossus https://t.co/79YwuSnwGL — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Things could get pretty intense! https://t.co/r9d5LyOhES — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

The implications of this are beyond comprehension. Think about all the things we can know and do and create that a monkey cannot, and our brains are very similar. An intelligence the same 2 "steps" above us would blow our mind. But there's no reason AI would stop there... https://t.co/UnL6RqVpbL — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

This is absolutely INSANE if you think about it. For BILLIONS of years, animal intelligence advances at a glacial place. When, eventually, a species comes around that can create superintelligent AI, the highest intelligence on Earth suddenly skyrockets, like hitting a tripwire. https://t.co/Y4U7Dq3Nmi — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

...We think there's a huge difference between a dumb person and a genius, but actually there's very little. One year, a certain AI will be outmatched by chimps. The next, it'll be way smarter than Einstein. https://t.co/ObvEV4BwZu — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

The transition from Artificial Narrow Intelligence to Artificial General Intelligence may happen quickly or gradually, but one day, we're gonna wake up with AGI on this planet. This may take us by surprise, because we have a distorted understanding of intelligence... — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

The thing about AI is it doesn't stop at the human-level intelligence station. It just races past. https://t.co/sbccimP75V — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

As newer, better AI is released at an increasingly fast rate, "only a human can __" statements are dropping like flies. [image: https://t.co/G0yhZosIV4] https://t.co/C5w3BCb5Ci — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

With everyone all abuzz about AI, let's revisit a few concepts from my AI post 8 years ago. Hard to say if we're witnessing the beginning of the long-predicted "intelligence explosion" or just a sporadic burst of new advances. Either way, an S-curve seems to be picking up steam https://t.co/SSHc5p7lOD — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@drvolts This helped me understand it better https://t.co/EC6B155qQj — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

That was some kind of way to start the answer — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

https://t.co/REAUNZjCEI — PolitiTweet.org