Joel Lehman

@joelbot3000.bsky.social

ML researcher, co-author Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned. Creative+safe AI, AI+human flourishing, philosophy; prev OpenAI / Uber AI / Geometric Intelligence

"Corner cases". "Long tails". You can play whack-a-mole with them. Or, you can confront their root causes directly. Our new paper "Evolution and The Knightian Blindspot of Machine Learning" argues we should do the latter.

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new paper: "Evolution and the Knightian Blindspot of Machine Learning" Our ever-changing world bubbles with surprise and complexity. General AI must include handling unforeseen situations with grace. Yet this issue largely lies outside AI's formalisms: a blind spot. (1/n)

It’s the new year. Delete slack from your phone. Open your email after lunch. Disconnect the WiFi on Saturdays. Go to the woods on the weekend. Purchase a one way ticket to Alaska. Join a community of bears. Film a documentary. Post it on LinkedIn.