Geoffrey Hinton on the future of AI So, after watching the video interview with the ‘Godfather of AI’ (CBS News below), I was struck by something that was assumed or just left implicit. Namely, that AIs (AGIs) will be a monolithic threat (or benefit). Whether globally or at a international corporate or state level. That… Continue reading When AI grows up – no longer ‘really cute tiger cub’
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Elevating humanity – OpenAI’s narrative for AGI
Regarding the timeframe for achieving and qualifying Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), recently (December 4, 2024) on CNBC, Andrew Ross Sorkin interviewed Sam Altman, co-founder and C.E.O. of OpenAI, at the New York Times annual DealBook summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Altman said that quite capable AI agents (able to choreograph… Continue reading Elevating humanity – OpenAI’s narrative for AGI
AI regulation faces a test in California
Benefits and costs of the new AI gold rush. Move fast and break things … vying for supremacy (“America’s AI edge,” like another Manhattan Project) … but … who’s a developer, and what are their responsibilities in some type of regulatory framework? Who does AI safety testing? Are there 3rd party evaluations? Certifications? Kill switches?… Continue reading AI regulation faces a test in California
The darkside of AI – outages and shortages
Another gold rush is underway. Recast as the AI tech boom. Yet, AI is power hungry, a voracious beast consuming vast amounts of electricity. And water [1]. And those gas-fired power plants [2] … Generative AI data centers are expensive to build, expensive to operate, and tax the electric grid and our limited water resources… Continue reading The darkside of AI – outages and shortages
Spending for AI’s pot of gold – powering profit?
High hype … trippy chips … gooey guardrails … pending legislation … the electric grid … pay, pay, pay, payday … cloudy cloud forecasts … • Washington Post > “Big Tech keeps spending billions on AI. There’s no end in sight.” by Gerrit De Vynck and Naomi Nix (April 25, 2024) – Much of the… Continue reading Spending for AI’s pot of gold – powering profit?