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Forecasting Transformative AI, Part 1: What Kind of AI?
This is the first of four posts summarizing hundreds of pages of technical reports focused almost entirely on forecasting one number. It’s the single number I’d probably most value having a good estimate for: the year by which transformative AI will…
ChatGPT Strikes at the Heart of the Scientific World View
The past year delivered one tech debacle after another, from the cryptocurrency implosion to Elon Musk’s reputational immolation, to Mark Zuckerberg’s weird bet that people would be thrilled by the addition of legs to avatars in his Second Life-like Metaverse. Until late 2022,…
New AI Project Aims to Mimic the Human Neocortex The Gates-funded Thousand Brains Project offers a fundamentally different approach to AI
An ambitious new endeavor called the Thousand Brains Project aims to develop a new AI framework that its founder says will operate on the same principles as the human brain—yet will be fundamentally different from the principles underlying the deep neural networks that dominate artificial…
AI PROMPT ENGINEERING IS DEAD
Since ChatGPT dropped in the fall of 2022, everyone and their donkey has tried their hand at prompt engineering—finding a clever way to phrase their query to a large language model (LLM) or AI art or video generator to get the best results (or sidestep protections). The Internet is…
Why AI alignment could be hard with modern deep learning
Holden previously mentioned the idea that advanced AI systems (e.g. PASTA) may develop dangerous goals that cause them to deceive or disempower humans. This might sound like a pretty out-there concern. Why would we program AI that wants to harm us? But I think it could…
AI and Big Data
In general terms, AI refers to computational tools that are able to substitute for human intelligence in the performance of certain tasks. This technology is currently advancing at a breakneck pace, much like the exponential growth experienced by database technology…
The AI Race: Why Current NeuralNetwork-based Architectures are a Poor Basis forArtificial General Intelligence
Abstract Artificial General Intelligence is the idea that someday an hypothetical agent will arisefrom artificial intelligence (AI) progresses, and will surpass by far the brightest and mostgifted human minds. This idea has been around since the early development of AI….
What is generative AI, what are foundation models, and why do they matter?
Since its launch in November 2022, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has captured the imagination of both consumers and enterprise leaders by demonstrating the potential generative AI has to dramatically transform the ways we live and work. As the scope of its impact…
Language Processing Units (LPUs): Paving the way for advanced voice AI in contact centres
Have you heard about Language Processing Units (LPUs) yet? If you haven’t, prepare to be wowed! LPUs are specialised processors engineered specifically for language-related tasks. They differ from other processors that handle multiple tasks simultaneously. The LPU combines the best…
Five security risks from Generative AI
We’re all still coming to grips with the exciting possibilities of Generative AI (GenAI) as a technology that can create realistic and novel content, such as images, text, audio, and video. Its use cases will span the enterprise and can…