sriramk.com. ex-white house, a16z and more. pro wrestling fan.

Joined December 2006
31 Photos and videos
Pinned Post
Something to think about : what does life look like 25 years from now if AI continues to improve. I don’t think any AI community ( broad tech industry , academia , various timelines predictions) have done a great job articulating a positive long term future for humanity and what it means for the institutions and traditions that a lot of the world holds dear.
143
58
736
156,484
Happy 4th of July. A truly special day today. 🇺🇸
7
5
216
12,293
Can confirm I have discussed many a LessWrong piece / concept inside the White House. Red queen race , Roko’s Basilisk,…
32
50
742
106,314
very very cool display of some American aviation hardware here today in DC ( pardon the bad phone camera use )
3
6
103
9,418
Heart break for Croatia. Not a fan of VAR at all. This should have gone to extra time.
47
12
413
46,295
the connective tissue between Alex Karp’s comments on CNBC today and what @satyanadella has been saying recently is - we need a multitude of companies involved in the frontier ecosystem - we need a clear path for how companies and countries feel about the value they bring to AI - and not getting eaten by the models.
33
43
598
89,153
Sriram Krishnan reposted
Former Sr. White House Policy Advisor on AI @sriramk discusses the Trump Administration’s decision to lift restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable AI models: cnb.cx/3SHsClG
18
12
108
53,901
Sriram Krishnan reposted
Under President Trump’s leadership the United States is the undisputed winner in the AI race. My gratitude to companies across industries who continue to work closely with the White House to implement the President’s EO: “Promoting Advanced AI Innovation and Security.” This includes excellent work around advanced model access and guardrail testing and security. The government and private sector have worked together in a way we have never seen before and this foundation of America First is unprecedented. Our shared priority remains: get the best tech deployed as quickly and safely as possible.
722
723
5,030
685,890
Sriram Krishnan reposted
Narrative violation: A new study of 21,559 firms in the U.S. finds that “companies that adopt AI tend to grow faster following adoption”. “Firms making the largest AI investments grow employment by roughly 10% following adoption, while low-intensity adopters see no statistically significant change.” “Entry-level headcount rises 12% for high-intensity adopters.” “Gains emerge gradually and are broad across roles, including engineering, sales, administration, and customer service.” “The results counter predictions that AI adoption will lead to broad job loss.” The study is based on observed AI spending from Ramp card and bill pay data linked to Revelio Labs workforce records.
176
408
2,561
542,405
The USG launching models on Hugging Face. Go @jgebbia
9
12
167
56,446
Have gotten in the habit of submitting my own 100% human tokens/ 0% llm tokens writing to Pangram pre-emptively to make sure it sees it as human.
15
2
160
26,281
What a beautiful set of posts and memories on @om here on the timeline. Amazing how many people he touched.
7
11
358
27,367
I have been in shock ever since I heard the news of Om Malik's passing. Om was one of the nicest people I met when I first came to the Bay Area. Everyone has a story of Om doing them a favor - I have several. He is someone to emulate and look up to. I had fallen out of touch for a few years and then sent him an email a little while ago on a mutual love for fountain pens and we wound up reconnecting briefly. Om loved beautiful things crafted with love and he was a beautiful person with much love. You will be missed @om. Below - my first and last emails with him.
43
27
620
119,552
The Pope captures something that every tech company that has tried to determine “what is right” - whether it be in content moderation or algorithms - has discovered. There are an infinite number of choices that reflect the creators and it is hubris to ever think there is one objective moral standard. The only way we have ever tackled this historically is through transparency and being able to evaluate the results and see the processes by which it was derived.
We cannot consider #AI to be morally neutral. In reality, every technical tool embodies choices and priorities through what it measures, ignores, and optimizes, and how it classifies people and situations. Ethical discernment cannot be limited to asking whether we are using a system for good or bad purposes. It must also examine how that system is designed and what vision of the human person and society is embedded in the data and models that guide it. #MagnificaHumanitas
16
9
88
28,401
Love this. Amazing how this thread by @ID_AA_Carmack spawned so many amazing conversations here.
The craziest thing about Quake is how many modern FPS games originate from it somehow Valve's Source engine was a modified Quake 1 engine which spawned Half Life, Counter Strike, DOTA, Apex Legends, Titanfall The entire Call of Duty and Warzone series originates from a modified Quake 3 engine that's continously iterated since!
4
2
30
10,181
remarkable ambition from @midjourney and @DavidSHolz - love trying to re-invent a category with just a very different approach to technology and experience.
13
4
158
13,149
Really excited for “Pressure” ( see @tylercowen review below). Saw the trailer recently and it looked great. It’s a part of WW2 history that I accidentally found myself very interested in - the different meteorological techniques to suggest the best day for D-Day. Highly suggest reading the history on this - some very brave people making high stakes decisions with imprecise science.
13
6
103
44,801
Very interesting take from @satyanadella on AI being a platform where many players can create value.
49
55
973
353,637
Congratulations to all of my NY friends and the Knicks! Brutal loss for Wemby and the Spurs. He’s going to be back here and winning sooner rather later no doubt.
6
3
80
14,910
On everyone asking about the events of the last 24 hours 👇
I’ve had a number of conversations with folks inside and outside government about the current situation with Anthropic, and here is what I believe to be true: — As we know, Anthropic publicly released its Mythos class models earlier this week under the commercial name Fable. — Fable is Mythos with guardrails. But if those guardrails fail, then you’ve exposed Mythos and its advanced cyber capabilities to people who shouldn’t have them. (Keep in mind that Anthropic itself widely promoted the idea that Mythos was a cyberweapon and needed to be regulated as such. They asked for government regulation of Mythos and championed the guardrails on Fable. If there is a vulnerability — big or small — it is Anthropic’s responsibility to patch.) — A highly credible trusted partner of both Anthropic and the USG who was testing Fable came forward with a jailbreak of those guardrails. The Admin asked Dario to fix the jailbreak or de-deploy the model. Dario refused. — In their blog post, Anthropic defended its decision by saying the jailbreak isn’t serious. That is not what the trusted partner and the USG believe; nor is that kind of minimizing language consistent with Anthropic’s brand as the AI safety company. It’s difficult to fathom how they could claim a jailbreak allowing operability of a cyber weapon could be defined as not “serious.” — In the past, Anthropic has always said that safety must be top priority and taken super seriously. In this case, Anthropic prioritized the continued offering of the consumer model over safety. — In reaction, the Admin issued the export control. The Admin did this reluctantly. It’s been very surprised that Anthropic hasn’t wanted to cooperate with a reasonable safety request (ie fixing the jailbreak issue). Anthropic’s reaction is very much at odds with their branding and ethos as a safe AI research community. — The Admin’s hope now is that Anthropic remediates the safety issue, the export control is lifted, and Fable goes back into general release. The Admin wants all of this to happen as soon as possible. It is frankly bewildered that Anthropic hasn’t wanted to comply with safety requests that it previously said were its highest priority. — Those trying to misdirect and tie this action to the prior DoW/Anthropic issues are wrong. The Admin values Anthropic’s technical capabilities and feels that this issue, while serious, should be easily resolved. The ball is in Anthropic’s court.
51
58
973
416,870