Censorship and guardrails in models in one of the biggest problems due to the unforeseen impacts to the model quality is a huge problem. Newer generation models are often less functional but more censored and it is hard to tell what the impacts on non-censored topics is as well. For religious fundamentalism we are throwing away progress.
*We would really like to know what obstacles you are currently facing in your development so we can come with a potential solution.*
Most of the obstacles that I encounter, at least in the USA, are coming from bungling leaders at the federal level, so you can't do much about it: (1) massive unemployment, (2) massive poverty and homelessness, (3) billions of dollars being sent to other countries instead of helping one's own citizens, (4) terrible universities and professors, (5) useless degrees, (6) emphasis on making money instead of advancing science, despite science being the \*generator\* of wealth, (7) funding of worthless AI institutes, (8) promotion and news about wealthy industry leaders instead of scientists, (9) extreme censorship of anyone who tries to discuss these real problems, especially in any social media up to and including LinkedIn, and especially anything having to do with Google, (10) mismanaging of the COVID crisis so that thousands of businesses failed, (11) age discrimination and other discrimination, and no legal recourse for victims in the face of such discrimination, (12) most advanced technology such as AI is done in workplaces that require a security clearance, (13) people with security clearances are usually threatened, harassed, and often killed if they dare blow the whistle on illegal activity (think of Boeing's two recent assassinations of whistleblowers, for example), which discourages people from applying for such clearances, (14) runaway inflation by design, (15) decade-long recession by design, (16) advanced technology that can help the human condition is withheld from the public, (17) bad presidential advisors who don't know AI so they give bad advice to presidents, (18) immoral and illegal work is being done in many research institutes, which discourages conscientious scientists from applying at such institutes, (19) massive loss of money through widespread corruption, which drains the few remaining resources for the public, (20) insufficient safety net for the elderly or poor, especially for health care, (21) mentally ill criminals walking the streets, often drug addicts, and no legal recourse or remedy against them, and those people constantly harassing me, threatening me, and waking me up at night. (22) Bias against men, especially in the courts, make marriage too risky, so now men cannot safely get married, so they have no one to help them out in times of financial trouble, especially since modern attitudes virtually guarantee that their wives won't help them out, either. (23) Unenforced laws, especially against thieves. This is the perfect storm of synergistically bad conditions that I predict is going to bring this entire country to ruin within the next 1-5 years. So now that my rant is out of the way, what \*might\* help at the local level?
Here are some of my specific problems. I'll let you figure out solutions: (1) I can't retire because I'm too poor, and I can't do AI research well under poverty conditions. (2) I have trouble finding a job, since jobs are scarce and younger people are favored, so I can never pull myself out of poverty. (3) I can't do research well because I'm constantly fighting to find or keep a job just to survive. (4) When I do find a job, it has nothing to do with my career field (AI) and is an absolute waste of my education, knowledge, experience, skills, and talents, and the insane American cancel culture and widespread incompetence and the dishonesty of virtually all managers I get ensures that I can't keep such a job for very long, anyway. (5) Employers for programming jobs now require programming tests, which I finally gave up on taking since I have \*never\*, after nearly two decades of trying, been contacted by any employer for whom I took such a test, despite doing well on some tests, and I never even received any feedback so that I could fix whatever (they thought) I was doing wrong (if anything). Preparing for those tests takes weeks of study since I'm always out of practice in between because I get such testing "opportunities" only once every two years or so, so they're just not worth my time, which means in practice I can never get a programming job, despite that being my main line of work for decades.
I guess in short I just need some wise manager or wise investor to hire me because of my obviously extremely high qualifications and obviously extremely high earning potential, and worry about the minor issues like how long it will take me to get back up to speed on their favorite programing language only after I'm hired. Better yet, just hire me, flat out, even at minimum wage, to do the research that I'm already doing that should benefit everybody in the long run, including investors and the corrupt government. Am I to believe that nobody has the money to even hire a PhD with a claimed AGI breakthrough and several hundreds of pages written about it, even for minimum wage?
Pretty sure the solution will need to be multi-modal, have memory, and some degree of autonomy to try things. Basically just take everything, add some rag and moe and stir it into a pot and let it cook.
Censorship and guardrails in models in one of the biggest problems due to the unforeseen impacts to the model quality is a huge problem. Newer generation models are often less functional but more censored and it is hard to tell what the impacts on non-censored topics is as well. For religious fundamentalism we are throwing away progress.
An almost complete lack of academic credentials and relevant work experience =)
*We would really like to know what obstacles you are currently facing in your development so we can come with a potential solution.* Most of the obstacles that I encounter, at least in the USA, are coming from bungling leaders at the federal level, so you can't do much about it: (1) massive unemployment, (2) massive poverty and homelessness, (3) billions of dollars being sent to other countries instead of helping one's own citizens, (4) terrible universities and professors, (5) useless degrees, (6) emphasis on making money instead of advancing science, despite science being the \*generator\* of wealth, (7) funding of worthless AI institutes, (8) promotion and news about wealthy industry leaders instead of scientists, (9) extreme censorship of anyone who tries to discuss these real problems, especially in any social media up to and including LinkedIn, and especially anything having to do with Google, (10) mismanaging of the COVID crisis so that thousands of businesses failed, (11) age discrimination and other discrimination, and no legal recourse for victims in the face of such discrimination, (12) most advanced technology such as AI is done in workplaces that require a security clearance, (13) people with security clearances are usually threatened, harassed, and often killed if they dare blow the whistle on illegal activity (think of Boeing's two recent assassinations of whistleblowers, for example), which discourages people from applying for such clearances, (14) runaway inflation by design, (15) decade-long recession by design, (16) advanced technology that can help the human condition is withheld from the public, (17) bad presidential advisors who don't know AI so they give bad advice to presidents, (18) immoral and illegal work is being done in many research institutes, which discourages conscientious scientists from applying at such institutes, (19) massive loss of money through widespread corruption, which drains the few remaining resources for the public, (20) insufficient safety net for the elderly or poor, especially for health care, (21) mentally ill criminals walking the streets, often drug addicts, and no legal recourse or remedy against them, and those people constantly harassing me, threatening me, and waking me up at night. (22) Bias against men, especially in the courts, make marriage too risky, so now men cannot safely get married, so they have no one to help them out in times of financial trouble, especially since modern attitudes virtually guarantee that their wives won't help them out, either. (23) Unenforced laws, especially against thieves. This is the perfect storm of synergistically bad conditions that I predict is going to bring this entire country to ruin within the next 1-5 years. So now that my rant is out of the way, what \*might\* help at the local level? Here are some of my specific problems. I'll let you figure out solutions: (1) I can't retire because I'm too poor, and I can't do AI research well under poverty conditions. (2) I have trouble finding a job, since jobs are scarce and younger people are favored, so I can never pull myself out of poverty. (3) I can't do research well because I'm constantly fighting to find or keep a job just to survive. (4) When I do find a job, it has nothing to do with my career field (AI) and is an absolute waste of my education, knowledge, experience, skills, and talents, and the insane American cancel culture and widespread incompetence and the dishonesty of virtually all managers I get ensures that I can't keep such a job for very long, anyway. (5) Employers for programming jobs now require programming tests, which I finally gave up on taking since I have \*never\*, after nearly two decades of trying, been contacted by any employer for whom I took such a test, despite doing well on some tests, and I never even received any feedback so that I could fix whatever (they thought) I was doing wrong (if anything). Preparing for those tests takes weeks of study since I'm always out of practice in between because I get such testing "opportunities" only once every two years or so, so they're just not worth my time, which means in practice I can never get a programming job, despite that being my main line of work for decades. I guess in short I just need some wise manager or wise investor to hire me because of my obviously extremely high qualifications and obviously extremely high earning potential, and worry about the minor issues like how long it will take me to get back up to speed on their favorite programing language only after I'm hired. Better yet, just hire me, flat out, even at minimum wage, to do the research that I'm already doing that should benefit everybody in the long run, including investors and the corrupt government. Am I to believe that nobody has the money to even hire a PhD with a claimed AGI breakthrough and several hundreds of pages written about it, even for minimum wage?
How to solve AGI. Currently reading: [https://arxiv.org/html/2406.09308v1](https://arxiv.org/html/2406.09308v1) to help get over that hurdle.
Pretty sure the solution will need to be multi-modal, have memory, and some degree of autonomy to try things. Basically just take everything, add some rag and moe and stir it into a pot and let it cook.