It’s a great way for large funds to deploy huge amounts of money diverted from metaverse/crypto/low-multiple SaaS investments. But I really don’t know if paying huge prices for cos that would otherwise have sold for these prices a few years back is wise. Let’s see!
@nathanbenaich
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VC Value Proposition: Security Services for AI Researchers
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Given the heat coming at AI researchers/founders from a) the AGI safety angle and b) large VCs force feeding tons of money into pre-embryonic AI cos, I feel that a decent VC value prop would be bodyguards as a service.
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European AI Sovereignty Wave Sparks New Company Exodus
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Prediction: we're gonna see a wave of new A(G)I cos/large model companies in Europe (and perhaps other countries) that pitch the "AI sovereignty" agenda to local investors. This will result in an exodus from local AI lab offices of large tech cos. I hear France is cooking.
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ImageBind: AI Model Learning Across Six Modalities
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ImageBind: Holistic AI learning across six modalities “larger vision models benefit nonvision tasks, such as audio classification, and the benefits of training such models go beyond computer vision tasks.” https://
ai.facebook.com/blog/imagebind
-six-modalities-binding-ai/
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Conscious AI May Already Be Among Us
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“If these theories are on track, conscious AI may be uncomfortably close—or perhaps even among us already.”
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Could consciousness arise in computers with specific architectures
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“But I may be wrong, and other theories are a lot less restrictive, with some proposing that consciousness could arise in computers that process information in particular ways or are wired up according to specific architectures.”
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Intelligence Growth Doesn’t Guarantee Artificial Consciousness
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It is by no means clear that a system will become conscious simply by virtue of becoming more intelligent. Indeed, the assumption that consciousness will just come along for the ride as AI gets smarter echoes a kind of human exceptionalism. https://
nautil.us/why-conscious-
ai-is-a-bad-bad-idea-302937/
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UK Biotech Acquires Gene Therapy Assets Amid Sector Downturn
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A UK biotech has raised $130mn to buy up manufacturing facilities and expert teams from cash-strapped cell and gene therapy start-ups, capitalising on the sell-off in the sector. Pretty cool.
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US Magnetism Attracts Global AI and Tech Talent
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Emphasis on the magnetism of the US for the best and brightest.