Discussion

• @kirkdborne Kirk Borne on x

  Some #AI start-ups and organizations may eventually get embroiled in #FTX's bankruptcy proceedings, with their grants potentially put at risk by the court, in an unexpected fallout from the disintegration of FTX: https://www.nytimes.com/... — #Crypto #CryptoCrash #CryptoNews

• @ieet @ieet on x

  Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX committed half a billion dollars to AI and AI safety organizations and research. The collapse of his shambolic enterprise threatens their existence. Public financing has advantages over capricious billionaire philanthropy. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @chasemadar Chase Madar on x

  It occurs that “AI safety research” could end up being as iatrogenic as antivirus research has arguably been https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @liroyleshed Liroy Leshed on x

  “The concerns in the A.I. world are an unexpected fallout from FTX's disintegration, showing how far the ripple effects of the crypto exchange's collapse and Mr. Bankman-Fried's vaporizing fortune have traveled.” https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @jordannovet Jordan Novet on x

  in two years SBF and FTX colleagues invested over $530 million in ‘more than 70 A.I.-related companies, academic labs, think tanks, independent projects and individual researchers to address concerns over the technology’ per @CadeMetz https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @tomgara Tom Gara on x

  One interesting part of the FTX blast radius: one of the best funded AI research labs in the world took more than $500 million from Sam Bankman-Fried & co, and is now unclear on whether it can keep spending the money https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @mlittmancs Michael Littman on x

  Interesting AI research angle on the FTX situation. I'm glad @etzioni has the last word! https://www.nytimes.com/...