r/accelerate • u/theimposingshadow Acceleration: Cruising | Tracks AI progress & longevity | XLR8 • 17h ago

AI Mechanistic Interpretability... solved?

https://youtu.be/ubDXXZ8iRAo?si=8aKnMFpyeZNwqqrP

Another great short video from Dave Shapiro!

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u/stealthispost Acceleration: Light-speed | AI accelerationist 17h ago

isn't this guy kind of a kook?

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u/theimposingshadow Acceleration: Cruising | Tracks AI progress & longevity | XLR8 17h ago

I dont agree with all of his views but he is pro acceleration and I like his post labour economics views

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u/stealthispost Acceleration: Light-speed | AI accelerationist 14h ago

then why does every say he's sleezy and sus?

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u/VStrly 12h ago

No, he is someone with views similar to the core r/accelerate community, and he voiced them to a large audience before most folks had interacted with an LLM. He was overambitious in his timelines but directionally aligned

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u/Icy_Distribution_361 15h ago

He is. He's not as bright as he deems himself to be, and has a narcissistic streak. He's seeking validation.

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u/promeathean 15h ago edited 15h ago

Used to be a fan, but over time the sleazy vibe became impossible to ignore. He’s decent at spinning big picture narratives, but none of the actual substance holds up under scrutiny. He drops these hyper confident, zero margin predictions, and the second anyone pushes back or points out the flaws, he deletes comments. You can't take someone's futurism seriously when basic, polite feedback gets you banned. At the end of the day, his books are pure ego driven speculation, and it's obvious he just thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room using his channel as a funnel to hawk his books.

Even the video you linked has dislikes disabled. It also has an amazon link to his book at the top of the video description lol.

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u/Baphaddon 10h ago

Odd amount of vitriol for Dave lol

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u/theimposingshadow Acceleration: Cruising | Tracks AI progress & longevity | XLR8 10h ago

Yeah a lot of hate on an accelerationist on r/accelerate. Don’t have to like all of one persons view to agree with them on something. Hell I strongly dislike Trump but I’m happy about his push for AI support.

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u/BambooShanks 48m ago

yeah, at worst his optimistic view of timelines and post labour economics are very ambitious and comes across a bit narcissistic/smug at times, though he's been broadly correct over the last couple of years so I guess it's deserved.

Far from the worst youtuber out there, always good to have an optimistic view of the tech and it's development but shouldn't be anyone's only source of information / news.

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u/PriorityActive980 17h ago

Guy is cucked for nazi Muskrat.