Ben Cottier

Karma: 374

At Epoch, helping to clarify when and how transformative AI capabilities will be developed.

Previously a Research Fellow on the AI Governance & Strategy team at Rethink Priorities.

Trends in the dollar training cost of machine learning systems

Ben CottierFeb 1, 2023, 2:48 PM

63 points

3 comments EA link

Conclusion and Bibliography for “Understanding the diffusion of large language models”

Ben CottierDec 21, 2022, 1:50 PM

12 points

0 comments11 min readEA link

Questions for further investigation of AI diffusion

Ben CottierDec 21, 2022, 1:50 PM

28 points

0 comments11 min readEA link

Implications of large language model diffusion for AI governance

Ben CottierDec 21, 2022, 1:50 PM

14 points

0 comments38 min readEA link

Publication decisions for large language models, and their impacts

Ben CottierDec 21, 2022, 1:50 PM

14 points

0 comments16 min readEA link

Drivers of large language model diffusion: incremental research, publicity, and cascades

Ben CottierDec 21, 2022, 1:50 PM

21 points

0 comments29 min readEA link

The replication and emulation of GPT-3

Ben CottierDec 21, 2022, 1:49 PM

14 points

0 comments33 min readEA link

GPT-3-like models are now much easier to access and deploy than to develop

Ben CottierDec 21, 2022, 1:49 PM

22 points

3 comments19 min readEA link

Background for “Understanding the diffusion of large language models”

Ben CottierDec 21, 2022, 1:49 PM

12 points

0 comments23 min readEA link

Understanding the diffusion of large language models: summary

Ben CottierDec 21, 2022, 1:49 PM

127 points

18 comments22 min readEA link

Ben Cottier’s Quick takes

Ben CottierFeb 19, 2020, 10:16 PM

1 point

5 comments EA link

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