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Ben’s List 79

Wondering what the recent exponential explosion of AI could mean for humanity? What about trusting companies with our feelings? All of this & more AI awesomeness, in this week’s list!

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Artificial Intelligence

Does One Large Model Rule Them All? Predictions on the Future AI Ecosystem.

Will the future AI landscape be dominated by a single general AI model?”

Replika’s chatbot dilemma shows why people shouldn’t trust companies with their feelings.

“What’s controversial about Kuyda’s statements is that users say they were lured into using the app by ads promising sexual or erotic content. They collect the ads as proof”

“New research suggests that AI systems can have serious environmental impacts.”

Artificial General Intelligence: "AI under the hood - AI creating flowing materials or recreating air flows, this could represent how AGI could look while processing." Artist: Domhnall Malone
Photo by DeepMind / Unsplash

The History of AI in 7 Experiments

“No aspect of our present moment feels more ready to act upon the fabric of our lives quite as radically as artificial intelligence.”

Illlustration by Shira Inbar

thegeneralist.substack.com :: Mario Gabriele

‘Godfather of AI’ quits Google with regrets and fears about his life’s work

“The idea that this stuff could actually get smarter than people — a few people believed that,” said Hinton to the NYT. “But most people thought it was way off. And I thought it was way off. I thought it was 30 to 50 years or even longer away. Obviously, I no longer think that.”

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