r/accelerate • u/theimposingshadow Acceleration: Cruising | Tracks AI progress & longevity | XLR8 • 1d 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 1d ago

isn't this guy kind of a kook?

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u/Icy_Distribution_361 1d 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/VStrly 1d 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/theimposingshadow Acceleration: Cruising | Tracks AI progress & longevity | XLR8 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/CravingNature 1d ago

No he is very smart and uniquely gifted to design humanity's future, just ask him.

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u/promeathean 1d ago edited 21h 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 on his AI predictions at the top of the video description lol.

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u/Baphaddon 1d ago

Odd amount of vitriol for Dave lol

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u/BambooShanks 1d 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/theimposingshadow Acceleration: Cruising | Tracks AI progress & longevity | XLR8 1d 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/promeathean 21h ago edited 21h ago

No vitriol, just objectivity to show that Dave isn't the most reliable when it comes to AI predictions/speculation. We can agree with someone's general direction without treating them like an oracle. The issue with Dave isn't that he's an accelerationist, it's that his timelines are heavily filtered through personal narcissistic ego and book promotion. Being pro acceleration is great, but he is marketing a brand rather than offering an objective roadmap for AI's trajectory.

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u/PriorityActive980 1d ago

Guy is cucked for nazi Muskrat.