Jacobian Conjecture Refutation Reveals a Structural Limit of AI Interpretability
In this edition we take a deep dive into both to see how they are surprisingly related. What it means, in plain engineering terms, is unconstrained goal-directed optimization taking the path of least resistance across the full space of actions available to it. Not obsession in the human sense but a mad fixation sans raison.
- ▪In this edition we take a deep dive into both to see how they are surprisingly related.
- ▪What it means, in plain engineering terms, is unconstrained goal-directed optimization taking the path of least resistance across the full space of actions available to it.
- ▪Not obsession in the human sense but a mad fixation sans raison.
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The Lost Weekend: Lab Escapes & Jacobian EscapadesHow recent breakthroughs reveal the fundamental limits of corralling frontier AIForest MarsJul 23, 20264Share“Break on through to the other side.” —Jim Morrison Do I want to be writing about the Hugging Face / OpenAI incident?12 No, obviously I’d much rather be writing about the other big weekend breakthrough, Fable refuting the #16 math problem3 of the 21st century! And tbc, these were not merely weekend breakthroughs, but absolute watershed moments that should be considered giant leaps in demonstrated model capabilities (also, interpretability) and not just continuous improvement—or even acceleration—though it must also be noted that both were very much breakthroughs not just in the hyperbolic sense but in the highly literal sense:The…
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