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Schmidt thinks that if the AI sector doesn’t create protections, politicians will have to step in.

Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, has spoken out against the six-month ban on AI development that some tech celebrities and business executives demanded earlier.

“I’m not in favor of a six-month pause, because it will simply benefit China,” said Schmidt, Google’s first CEO.

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The last few weeks have been abuzz with news and fears (well, largely fears) about the impact chatGPT and other generative technologies might have on the workplace. Goldman Sachs predicted 300 million jobs would be lost, while the likes of Steve Wozniak and Elon Musk asked for AI development to be paused (although pointedly not the development of autonomous driving).

Indeed, OpenAI chief Sam Altman recently declared that he was “a little bit scared”, with the sentiment shared by OpenAI’s chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, who recently said that “at some point it will be quite easy, if one wanted, to cause a great deal of harm”.

As fears mount about the jobs supposedly at risk from generative AI technologies like chatGPT, are these fears likely to prevent people from taking steps to adapt?

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Poor, poor, Horizon Worlds. According to Facebook-turned-Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth, the company’s metaverse of dead-eyed avatars has been all but abandoned by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg — who, in an added blow, is instead said to be spending the bulk of his time chasing the investor-appeasing Silicon Valley squirrel that is generative AI.

“We’ve been investing in artificial intelligence for over a decade, and have one of the leading research institutes in the world,” Bosworth told Nikkei Asia in an interview on Wednesday. “We certainly have a large research organization, hundreds of people.”

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Fascinating proposal for methodology.

Models are scientific models, theories, hypotheses, formulas, equations, naïve models based on personal experiences, superstitions (!), and traditional computer programs. In a Reductionist paradigm, these Models are created by humans, ostensibly by scientists, and are then used, ostensibly by engineers, to solve real-world problems. Model creation and Model use both require that these humans Understand the problem domain, the problem at hand, the previously known shared Models available, and how to design and use Models. A Ph.D. degree could be seen as a formal license to create new Models^[2]. Mathematics can be seen as a discipline for Model manipulation.

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Origami robots are autonomous machines that are constructed by folding two-dimensional materials into complex, functional three-dimensional structures. These robots are highly versatile. They can be designed to perform a wide range of tasks, from manipulating small objects to navigating difficult terrain. Their compact size and flexibility allow them to move in ways that traditional robots cannot, making them ideal for use in environments that are hard to reach.

Another notable feature of origami-based robots is their low cost. Because they are constructed using simple materials and techniques, they can be produced relatively inexpensively. This makes them an attractive option for many researchers and companies looking to develop new robotics applications.

There are many potential applications for origami robots. They could be used in search and rescue missions, where their small size and flexibility would allow them to navigate through rubble and debris. They could also be used in manufacturing settings, where their ability to manipulate small objects could be put to use in assembly lines.

As chatbots like ChatGPT bring his work to widespread attention, we spoke to Hinton about the past, present and future of AI.

CBS Saturday Morning’s Brook Silva-Braga interviewed him at the Vector Institute in Toronto on March 1, 2023. #ai #interview #artificialintelligence #GeoffreyHinton #machinelearning #future

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That’s interesting. Some will be scared and this will cause contention. I’m interested in if it will be available in the Google Play store.

Just a few weeks ago, OpenAI announced and launched GPT 4, the latest version of its Large Language Model (LLM). Now, there’s a possibility that the next major iteration, GPT 5, might be released by the end of 2023. This information comes from a BGR report, based on tweets by developer Siqi Chen.

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The alignment problem from a deep learning perspective.

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