This was the subject of a spirited conversation I had in February 2024 with Andy Konwinski, a former student of mine and the co-founder of two...
1. Smarter AI models will intensify AGI fears “Lata has three apples and buys five more. How many does she have now?” Even a 5-year-old can...
No one talks about these machines getting depressed or overworked, and seldom do we think of them as having rights that our human household helps enjoy....
The idea of machines outsmarting humans has long been the subject of science fiction. Rapid improvements in artificial-intelligence (AI) programs over the past decade have led...
The initiative is intended to compete with the current leader in the AI chip space — Nvidia Corporation. and contribute to the production of essential semiconductors...
In an interview, he shares his views on the OpenAI fracas, loss of jobs to generative artificial intelligence (AI), the heated debate around artificial general intelligence...
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has said that artificial general intelligence will realized within the next 10 years. Artificial general intelligence or AGI refers to a system...
These days, worries about “existential risks”—those that pose a threat to humanity as a species, rather than to individuals—are not confined to military scientists. Nuclear war;...
Occasional hiccups aside, all this represents tremendous progress. Even a few years ago, such programs would have been science fiction. But churning out writing on demand...