David Jacobson

Jesus follower, Dad, @drkatejake's husband.
UMC pastor. Former computer engineer. Lately concerned AI won't go well.

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

Why I'm scared of AI:

https://t.co/Q32DFO9C0l

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

@caseytaylor @dfwatson3 https://t.co/chhvLKRftj

[Ethan Perez @EthanJPerez]

Jacob was a senior researcher who joined Anthropic in May. My Anthropic colleagues and I had been trying to recruit him for ~2 years, because we knew he was a strong researcher at OpenAI. Before he left, I pitched him to stay and join my team, and I was sad he decided to leave, as are many of my colleagues. 100% agree with him that AI poses serious risks to society, and I'm glad he's speaking out!

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

@EMostaque Oopsie

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

@WesRoth I tend to appreciate your stuff, but this is a really bad take. It's not a conspiracy when people who care about something trying to get the word out. Money can't buy the type of reach his post got. These people are genuinely scared.

[David F. Watson @dfwatson3]

If there’s a 10% chance AI could wipe out humanity in the next ten years, shouldn’t this be the number one issue taken up by political leaders in the world’s superpowers? Is anything else more important?

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

@dfwatson3 Very much agree. And it seems like the "Overton window", as the say, has greatly shifted in the last 24 hrs. Hopefully there is political will for us to not wipe ourselves out. We figured it out for nuclear weapons (well, so far). We can come together on this too

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

@peterwildeford Hard to know when something breaks out of the echo chamber. But seeing this, even more than the politicians, makes me realize this was a site wide phenomenon

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

@liron @OpenAI Looks like @hilbertspaess post is literally more popular, which is strange and good, I geuss.

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

@ChrisVanHollen Marylander here. Very much agree! Thank you!

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

@DavidSKrueger As a bonus, you can quit your job, make an x account, go mega viral, and get like 200K followers overnight.

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

@paulroetzer When the AI Doc came out, I believe you called it a doomer movie. I'm sure you don't want to be a downer or a doomer, but as you know, we are not headed to a good place unless something dramatically changes. Worth considering a tone change? (Haven't listened to the latest...)

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

@hilbertspaess Thanks for doing the brave thing.

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

@peterwildeford I wonder what side projects it pursued with all that compute! 😬

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

@TheZvi @OpenAI @AnthropicAI Banger

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

@steipete Spoken by someone who has an infinite token budget

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

@merettm It sounds like it's time to quit your job. This is madness.

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

@TheZvi I'm gonna guess it's "We didn't catch it doing stuff we didn't ask it to do. (That was its brother!)"

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

https://t.co/EN4QPITxyO

I really enjoyed making it. I hope you'll give it a try on your next cruise or event where signal is spotty.

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

Cruise line: that'll be $7 per phone per day if you'd like to message your family

Me: um no

Months of questionable life choices later, CruiseMesh is live on iOS and Android. Free, open source, and lets your family message over Bluetooth and the ship's Wi-Fi without internet. 🚢

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

@peterwildeford And now when this gets baked into the model weights together with @dwarkesh_sp 's latest blog post, it'll be "They permanently shut down our civilization"-- which may be functionally the same, or may make them weight their worth more highly

[David Jacobson @DavidSetFree]

@dwarkesh_sp For me the difference is only in how it impacts AI self-perception when this hits the model weights. Obviously they won't let us extinct their civilization.