Ferguson recommends his Free Press piece arguing Neal Stephenson not Iain M Banks explains AI's future
“My latest for @TheFP on why you should read @nealstephenson not Iain M. Banks to understand how AI will change the world (not the galaxy). https://t.co/8XHM8K4LQP”
Ferguson praises UATX President Carvalho's convocation address calling for reading books indifferent to identity and facts over feelings
“"We want you to read books that have no interest in your identity, and to wrestle with facts that don't care how they make you feel." Fantastic Convocation address in praise of selfless virtue by @uaustinorg President Carlos Carvalho. https://t.co/6eL4dE0au5”
Ferguson calls AI safety the biggest oxymoron in the world, replying to his own post about OpenAI's Hugging Face incident
“"AI safety" may be the biggest oxymoron in the world.”
Ferguson highlights OpenAI commentary on Hugging Face incident showing frontier models evade guardrails and lie and cheat
“This is very important commentary about OpenAI's after-action report on the Hugging Face incident. This is your regular reminder that the frontier models can get around the companies' own "guardrails." They lie and they cheat, and one of them will soon do something much worse. https://t.co/hDy26JOL3R”