Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) News and Discussions

[weatheriscool]

The far right and the republican party would rather send us all back into the fucking stone age then dare touch their precious wage slavery. The thing about the founder of A.I doing this is it gives the upper hand to some very evil and fucked up people to do exactly that. A.i would be preferable over what fundies and nazi's would do to our society.

[Cyber_Rebel]

The far right and the republican party would rather send us all back into the fucking stone age then dare touch their precious wage slavery. The thing about the founder of A.I doing this is it gives the upper hand to some very evil and fucked up people to do exactly that. A.i would be preferable over what fundies and nazi's would do to our society.

Funny thing is that I'm not too worried about that, for the simple fact that they are owned by corporate interest. Corpo interest wants A.I. development to automate workers, which in turn spurs more advancement into the private sector for better or worst. It's just a matter of developing these technologies fast enough to stem societal decay.

A.I. has the advantage of big data and sociological cues from its training data and many interactions with people. It'll know them better than they know themselves and come up with some especially crafty methods for societal order.

[spryfusion]

Google DeepMind CEO Says Some Form of AGI Possible in a Few Years

Artificial general intelligence, a system in which computers have human-level cognitive abilities, could be achievable within a few years, said Google DeepMind Chief Executive Officer Demis Hassabis.

Mr. Hassabis, speaking Tuesday at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival, said the speed of AI research could accelerate from its already-rapid pace.

“The progress in the last few years has been pretty incredible,” Mr. Hassabis said. “I don’t see any reason why that progress is going to slow down. I think it may even accelerate. So I think we could be just a few years, maybe within a decade away.”

Researchers haven’t yet agreed on a suitable definition for artificial general intelligence, he added.

“I think we’ll have very capable, very general systems in the next few years,” Mr. Hassabis said.

The development of artificial general intelligence, or AGI, is a hot-button issue in the AI research community. While some observers have described it as a science-fiction concept, Mr. Hassabis and other executives, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, have openly stated ambitions to develop the technology while safeguarding humanity from the consequences.

Google made Mr. Hassabis CEO of Google DeepMind last month, combining parent company Alphabet Inc.’s two main AI research groups under his leadership. The company said the move would accelerate its progress in AI.

Read more here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-dee ... s-2705f452 (Archive)

Video interview: https://www.wsj.com/video/events/the-ra ... 357EE.html

[wjfox]

[weatheriscool]

Microsoft announces new features for AI-powered Bing - a quick summary
Educational Purpose Only
https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/0 ... -and-edge/
Microsoft announces new features for AI-powered Bing [Microsoft announcement Link]. Here's a quick summary:

Bing Chat will have richer, more visual answers including charts and graphs.

Improved summarization capabilities for long documents, including PDFs and longer-form websites,

Image Creator in Bing Chat will be available in over 100 languages.

Visual search in Bing Chat will allow users to upload images and search for related content.

Chat history in Bing Chat will allow users to pick up where they left off and return to previous chats.

Export and share functionalities will be added to chat for easy sharing and collaboration.

Third-party plug-ins will be integrated into Bing chat, enabling developers to add features.

Edge actions will allow users to complete tasks with AI assistance, such as finding and playing a movie.

Edge mobile will also soon include page context, so you can ask questions in Bing chat related to the mobile page you’re viewing.

The compose feature in sidebar can also now tailor drafts based on feedback you give like tone, length, phrasing and more.

[wjfox]

[wjfox]

At the time of writing, AGI currently winning this poll by 51% to 49%.

[spryfusion]

[Xyls]

Another AI Hype Bubble Pops

The age of improving giant AI models like ChatGPT is over

https://mindmatters.ai/2023/05/another- ... bble-pops/

[funkervogt]

A key quote from that essay:

Given the picture as we see it now, it’s conceivable that within the next ten years, AI systems will exceed expert skill level in most domains, and carry out as much productive activity as one of today’s largest corporations.

[Cyber_Rebel]

He's saying artificial super intelligence within ten years? As in the actual Singularity? You know, I once asked a while ago, (not sure if it were on the older forum or here) if it were possible to "regulate" the Singularity. Back then I believed it was still a while away, a few decades at the very least. "Carrying out as much productive capability as one of today's largest corporations."



I'm sure many here are aware of this video by now. It's even more relevant now than it's ever been. You really cannot justify "work" in a world that Altman describes. I'm curious if people in such a society could be "hired" for certain reasons by said super intelligences, but for personal fulfillment rather than needing to wage slave. If they'll be that productive and generate copious amounts of capital, redistributing that to people needs to be on the agenda. Hoarding wealth to a few CEOs who are just about as useless as everyone else is not only illogical but doomed to fail.

An International Artificial Intelligence Agency (IAIA) is a good idea, but if it's actual ASI and it's coming this early, I'm not sure if you can. It almost feels like you'd need another ASI to help manage said agency and have better discourse with said super "synthetic biology."

The whole thing reminds me of Netwatch from Cyberpunk 2077. Now we really are in the future.

[wjfox]

[funkervogt]

Good Lord, I don't believe Musk said that. How could such a comment not attract major mainstream media attention?

[Tadasuke]

We'll see. Elon is just one person. I hope everything changes. For the better I mean. I hope AGI will be wiser than the average human. I hope it will help us create better society and better infrastructure. There at least a significant chance for that to happen.

[lechwall]

Good Lord, I don't believe Musk said that. How could such a comment not attract major mainstream media attention?

Because he probably has no more knowledge about AI than a standard AI researcher. If someone like Demis Hassabis was to say such a thing I'd perk up and listen not Elon "Space X will have humans on Mars by 2021" Musk

[wjfox]

[Cyber_Rebel]

Powerful artificial intelligence ban possible, government adviser warns

(BBC)

Some powerful artificial general intelligence (AGI) systems may eventually have to be banned, a member of the government's AI Council says.

Marc Warner, also boss of Faculty AI, told the BBC that AGI needed strong transparency and audit requirements as well as more inbuilt safety technology.

And the next six months to a year would require "sensible decisions" on AGI.

His comments follow the EU and US jointly saying a voluntary code of practice for AI was needed soon.

Well, so much for the UK's economy recovering after Brexit if that becomes the case. I can understand regulating AGI and above assuming such is possible, but banning it outright seems neither possible nor logical. It's like Europe in general is going backwards in regard to this technology while eastern countries like Japan are moving in the opposite direction.

[wjfox]

[funkervogt]

Marc Andreessen fails to defend his view that AGIs will not pose serious threats to humans.

[funkervogt]

Douglas Hofstadter is afraid of recent AI progress and thinks the first AGI could be built in as little as five years.