Advice for a young investigator in the first and last days of the Anthropocene | Jascha Sohl-Dickstein
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10.30.25
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The inventor of diffusion models discusses the implications of AI becoming better than humans at all intellectual tasks within the next few years. “This is a good time (the last time?) to go all in” on what you work on because “risk-reward career tradeoffs just sacrifice reward.”
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One of my favorite tweets of all time.
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Because we are early in the exponential, and because you are almost certainly capable with highly relevant skills, you have immense power and leverage over the future of AI.
This is a responsibility as well as a power. More than at any other point in your life, decisions you make now are likely to have enormous indirect consequences for large numbers of people you care about. Be intentional and thoughtful about the projects and jobs you choose.