A lot of X posts, prose, and proselytizing have been spilled on the internet recently about the impending AI apocalypse and whether we’ve passed the point of no return.
Here’s another one eloquently put by the acclaimed theoretical computer scientist Scott Aaronson, whose research has helped us understand the limits of quantum computing. Oh, and he had a stint at OpenAI working on the theoretical foundations of AI safety and alignment:
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA,” he wrote. That’s 113 letters A.
In a blog post published Tuesday, Aaronson made the case for…
