One thing that AI could be in 5 years is what I and my colleagues are working on today.
So yes, we have some idea of where this is all going.
AGI
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AI Development Roadmap: Where Technology Heads in Five Years
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Short-term versus long-term AI doom prophecies comparison
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You're right.
It's a different brand of doomers.
These are short-term doomers.
You are a long-term doomer.
The prophecies of doom are equally improbable and almost as destructive as each other. -
ABC Science Features Leading AI Researchers Including Yoshua Bengio
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Here's the article from @ABCscience
, which also features @seb_ruder
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Existential Risk Focus Resonates with AI Safety Commitments
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I just looked up your firm BTW and I see you're focusing on "existential risk" — I suspect that folks that resonate with those words might also resonate with these commitments. So maybe you're a special case!
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Training AI Model with Basic Repetition Task Testing
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We should try to train it to do something really basic, like repeat 1,2,3,4…10,1,2,3… over and over. That way we can see if it seems to be working correctly after making changes.
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Safety Challenges in General Purpose AI Models
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The *big* problem here is point 4. It is literally impossible to *ensure* safety of a general purpose model, and attempts to do so are likely to *reduce* safety.
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LLM Safety Concerns: Why Major Risks Haven’t Materialized Yet
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Because LLMs have been around for several years and no such thing has happened?
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AI Team Shuts Down Project Over Ethical Concerns
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Nope. It was taken down by the small team that built it because they couldn't sleep at night.
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JARVIS-1 Agent Navigates Minecraft Using Multimodal AI Models
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AGI might be quietly taking shape in Minecraft, of all things. JARVIS-1 navigates Minecraft's challenges with multimodal input, utilizing pre-trained models for interpreting visual cues and instructions, all while enhancing its capabilities through a growing multimodal memory.
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Superintelligence and AGI: Exploring Big Questions in AI
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The most fun I can have in my day job is being able to talk to lots of interesting people about the big questions in AI, and then discuss it all with John Thornhill. Do listen if you want to figure out what all the fuss around superintelligence and AGI is about..