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#191 (Part 2) – Carl Shulman on government and society after AGI

80,000 Hours Podcast

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Exploring the impact of withholding training data on AI intelligence and macroeconomic forecasting

The chapter explores the concept of withholding certain training data to improve AI models' generalization and reasoning abilities, particularly in macroeconomic forecasting where limited datasets present challenges. It also examines the benefits of training AI on diverse datasets, fine-tuning models for various predictions, and the difficulties in balancing fundamental capabilities with task-specific intelligence.

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