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The Innovator’s DNA
Hi Brad! Thanks for the pointer—I’ll take a look.
Are language models scary? draws heavily on Penni’s PhD work! I think her ideas cast a lot of light both on how current LMs work, and how they could work better.
Dark triad
Rather than super intelligent, the AI might be super dark triad (e.g. supernaturally good at manipulating human beings in a psychopathic way)
Agreeing with SusanC, if there's a 1st sentient AI, it's almost sure to be a psychopath.
Agreeing with SusanC, if there’s a 1st sentient AI, it’s almost sure to be a psychopath.
superpsychopathic
Rather than super intelligent, the AI might be super dark triad (e.g. supernaturally good at manipulating human beings in a psychopathic way)
Thanks, Susan, good point, I’ve added a sentence to this effect.
(Bing Chat seems a somewhat worrying precursor.)
Polya?
Polya tried to teach a mathematical stance in “How to Solve It”. Or are you thinking even more intimate details of cognition?
Polya
Relevant, yes! There’s enormously more even to how we do mathematics, never mind science, than is in his book, of course.
Book on how scientists think
Hi David, it’s been a few decades. I’m Penni’s friend who was at U Texas while you were working on your dissertation and had the privilege of reading an early draft.
You might have a look at the study in The Innovator’s DNA (https://hbr.org/2009/12/the-innovators-dna). They really didn’t discover anything usable about how very intelligent people think, but at least they looked.