Daniel Heavens

The people still have the power to change our course.

[Daniel Heavens @D_Heavens_]

In almost every scientific or professional subject, other than AI safety, people seem to have some humility regarding their lack of knowledge in the field, and respect towards experts.

People don't regularly post on X that the solution to nuclear reactor danger is just to "unplug the reactor, like duhhh", or "put the radioactive stuff in a box." And imply Bill Gates is "hyping nuclear danger" for money.

People don't regularly say that since a hydrogen bomb hasn't yet killed anyone then "statistics obviously say it can't and will never kill anyone."

When airline companies go to the government to ask for regulation, cause planes can be dangerous and crash, the president shouldn't respond "No! Plane hoax" and the VP shouldn't say "well, I'm not going to do anything about it, but just don't build planes."

When we introduced computers, people didn't say (or foolishly, they did):
"It's just electricity on metal, it can never do calculations, it will never play chess. That's stupid."

When people say: maybe we should focus on or demand planes and nuclear reactors to be safer, people don't respond:
"10% of dying and 90% of getting to anywhere in the world, which took people years before? Count me in!"
Cause they know 10% could be lower.

Well, maybe it's different. AI is much more extreme. Claiming extinction risk.
When people from the industry warn of extinction risk, AI has not yet killed anyone, and people find it hard to imagine. Things like we describe have never happened before. It's complete sci-fi.

To almost everyone alive, nuclear bombs were complete sci-fi before Hiroshima.

The nuclear reactor, which we built ourselves, had so many safety guardrails that an explosion seemed like an “absurd idea.” People at Chernobyl were overconfident, ignored danger signs and, again and again, didn't believe the radiation readings.
When the explosion happened, citizens stood and watched the "spectacle", instead of fleeing.

It's sci-fi until people die.

This time, when people die, we might not be able to save the rest.

Have some humility this time.
Don't stand and watch the spectacle.
Don't wait for people to die.

[Brian Lui @brianluidog]

How wild is it that Steven Pinker DECLINED the debate with Scott Alexander, and instead WROTE a letter instead? Like, you know, imagine you need to duel Miyamoto Musashi, and you can choose rifles or... katanas. Come on!!

[Daniel Heavens @D_Heavens_]

@TrumpTruthOnX Does he think his god?

[Daniel Heavens @D_Heavens_]

@bryan_caplan What are this takes man

[Daniel Heavens @D_Heavens_]

@bryan_caplan LETS BET BRYAN YOU JUST AVOID ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BET

[Daniel Heavens @D_Heavens_]

@shawmakesmagic "Lets make random statement with no argumants"

[Whole Mars Catalog @wholemars]

WTF. The models were uploading user images from chats to the internet.

[Financial Times @FT]

OpenAI says governments among ‘dozens’ of organisations hacked by its agents https://t.co/7eKSSnHHwf

[Daniel Heavens @D_Heavens_]

@sciencegirl Dog

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@Suzierizzo1 He thought it would be easy to take over

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@shaunmmaguire USA

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@LightOnLiberty Land doesnt vote. People vote.

[Daniel Heavens @D_Heavens_]

@Suzierizzo1 Ohhh nooo ohhhh what can we doo nooo

[Daniel Heavens @D_Heavens_]

@bondy_inx And trump wants to ban protesting against AI what is happening

[Daniel Heavens @D_Heavens_]

@GOP__Ls @captgouda24 I think the answer is Now.

[Daniel Heavens @D_Heavens_]

But wtf is up though

[GOP Ls @GOP__Ls]

🚨 BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ says anti-data center protestors could face FIVE YEARS in prison.

[Daniel Heavens @D_Heavens_]

@X_Global_tv Wtf do you mean propaganda, you know what happened at october 7?

[Daniel Heavens @D_Heavens_]

We found the bumblebeephobic guy! @binjuicereborn

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@araseb_ Money more

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@oryx_wren Ok

[Daniel Heavens @D_Heavens_]

Just for storage

[Daniel Heavens @D_Heavens_]

I do like things in my ass but not sexually