Jesse Galef

AI Engineer at MITRE, developing AI solutions for a safer world.

Pro: Effective Altruism
Anti: Existential risk

[Jesse Galef @JesseGalef]

They're a threat to us all. But hey, thanks for the warning about snow and cold.

[Jesse Galef @JesseGalef]

If you change a diaper because you think your baby pooped - but he'd just peed - is that a Type 1 or 2 error?

[Jesse Galef @JesseGalef]

@pwnieride Monk. Years of yoga and study devoted to coffee Done Right emphasize a disciplined pursuit of proper energy flow

[Geoffrey Hinton @geoffreyhinton]

In the NYT today, Cade Metz implies that I left Google so that I could criticize Google. Actually, I left so that I could talk about the dangers of AI without considering how this impacts Google. Google has acted very responsibly.

[Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen]

Geoff Hinton quits Google so he can talk freely about AI risks. Says a part of him now regrets his life's work

[Jesse Galef @JesseGalef]

@seb_far I saw your work at the NeurIPS poster session - fascinating stuff! It was an unexpected familiar name, but (apparently belated) congrats on the career path :-)

[Jesse Galef @JesseGalef]

@AdrienBeyk @QuantaVici They sent me the previous message, I said yes please refund, then they sent the following. They are able to (and did) process the refund and close the paypal dispute on their own. Sure seemed like they were making the refund contingent on my cooperation.

[Jesse Galef @JesseGalef]

Does anyone know if @QuantaVici & @AdrienBeyk are legit or scammers? Took my money, didn't send the product, won't let me cancel, and say they won't offer a refund until they're 18 months late.

They offered me my money back if I left positive reviews 😠

Scam or incompetent?

[Jesse Galef @JesseGalef]

@AdrienBeyk @QuantaVici Done - talk with you there, thanks for connecting.

[Jesse Galef @JesseGalef]

@AdrienBeyk @QuantaVici Customer wasn't made aware it was a preorder (I have screenshots of the process) and wants their money back and you say no until they file a dispute with Paypal and leave a negative review...

and claim "nothing we value more than customer satisfaction and positive feedback." 🤦‍♂️

[Peter Hull @instrumenthull]

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[Jesse Galef @JesseGalef]

They did write an 'Ethical considerations' bullet point acknowledging the problematic potential for the AI to mislead people.

They "believe some of these concerns can be addressed in future works."

[Jesse Galef @JesseGalef]

NeurIPS poster: "We trained AI to collaborate better with humans! It models what advice a person is likely to take and adjusts its output to correct for human biases."

"So... you taught it to output whatever will convince the human to do what the AI considers right?"

[jordwalke @jordwalke]

Wanted: Sr. Prompt engineer. Minimum 15 yrs prompt engineering experience.

[Jesse Galef @JesseGalef]

The NFL is promoting MCMC, and I got so excited that Markov Chain Monte Carlo was getting some love!

Turns out they meant "My Cause My Cleats"

[Jesse Galef @JesseGalef]

Two people at this AI conference have asked if I work for THE @stephen_wolfram.

Three have asked if I'm related to @juliagalef.

#NeurIPS2022

[Jesse Galef @JesseGalef]

Let's appreciate FTX for reminding us the true spirit of Thanksgiving: pillaging under the banner of kindness, then leaving your beneficiaries with a lot of awkward apologies to make.

[Jay Cummings @LongFormMath]

A grad student

[thomas 🍌 @perfectsweeties]

i’ve been taking some notes