The Intelligence Age – Sam Altman


Sam Altman is solidifying his position as a leader in AI and the shift towards to AGI, and ASI (Superintelligence). I must admit I have not seen tangible staps towards AGI indicated from Altman (more on that here coming at Bankwatch) but he is setting the tone and exemplifying the power in that belief which I share and appreciate, given the mantra of this blog. My belief is that AI is stuck in single use siloed basic automation of current processes. The missing and next level will see collaboration between domains of digitisation, physcology, science, expontelly larger language models, and … Continue reading The Intelligence Age – Sam Altman

Productivity growth levels comparable to those seen during the Industrial Revolution through AGI development will likely require extensive interdisciplinary collaboration


Summary of overall Gen AI Status Several key breakthroughs are suggested as necessary for achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Interdisciplinary collaboration plays a crucial role in advancing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Productivity growth levels comparable to those seen during the Industrial Revolution through AGI development will likely require extensive interdisciplinary collaboration across multiple fields Analysis, conclusion and some informed speculation Here are some key areas of collaboration that seem necessary, with speculative examples drawing parallels to Industrial Revolution innovations: Computer Science and Neuroscience:Similar to how steam power revolutionized manufacturing, the integration of advanced machine learning algorithms with deeper understanding of … Continue reading Productivity growth levels comparable to those seen during the Industrial Revolution through AGI development will likely require extensive interdisciplinary collaboration

Interdisciplinary collaboration plays a crucial role in advancing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)


Summary of overall Gen AI Status Several key breakthroughs are suggested as necessary for achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Interdisciplinary collaboration plays a crucial role in advancing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Productivity growth levels comparable to those seen during the Industrial Revolution through AGI development will likely require extensive interdisciplinary collaboration across multiple fields Analysis, conclusion and some informed speculation The current suite of AI models can generally be categorized as “narrow” in the sense they satisfy a narrow set of related functions, and are closer to advanced digital process automation. Business deployment is heavily focussed on chat functions. Witness … Continue reading Interdisciplinary collaboration plays a crucial role in advancing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)

Several key breakthroughs are suggested as necessary for achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI):


Open source research suggests these are areas of LLM development which are holding back real shifts in Gen AI development. Series parts: Summary of overall Gen AI Status Several key breakthroughs are suggested as necessary for achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Interdisciplinary collaboration plays a crucial role in advancing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Productivity growth levels comparable to those seen during the Industrial Revolution through AGI development will likely require extensive interdisciplinary collaboration across multiple fields Analysis, conclusion and some informed speculation Improved reasoning and problem-solving capabilities: Current AI systems, including large language models, lack true reasoning abilities and often … Continue reading Several key breakthroughs are suggested as necessary for achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI):

Summary of overall Gen AI status


This blog is working toward progress for siginificant productivity gains in business and the economy on a scale which exceeds the Industrial Revolution. A working assumption is the requirement to achieve AGI as a first stepping stone. This series is in 5 parts on the current state of Generative AI, including minimum stepping stones necessary to acheive AGI. AGI will not be achieved through money and investment in technology along; indeed thoughtful and broader investment and collaboration beyond technology and is required. The notion of AGI is often related to development of sentient humans. Sentient is hardly a commonplace word, … Continue reading Summary of overall Gen AI status

Summers Says Fed Recovered From ‘Egregious’ Inflation Mistake


Former Treasury chief says new mistake is estimate of neutral Summers would be surprised if Fed cuts as much as market sees Chris AnsteyAugust 23, 2024 at 1:03 PM EDT Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said that, while the Federal Reserve hit a “low point” in its monetary policy history by failing to act quickly against the 2021 inflation surge, in the end it did enough to right the economy. “I’ve got to give the Fed credit,” Summers said on Bloomberg Television’s Wall Street Week with David Westin on Friday. “While it wasn’t always obvious that this would be the case, they moved strongly enough and … Continue reading Summers Says Fed Recovered From ‘Egregious’ Inflation Mistake

Conversation with Francois Chollet and Mike Knoop on the $1 million ARC-AGI Prize they’re launching


https://open.substack.com/pub/dwarkesh “Okay, today, I have the pleasure to speak with Francois Chollet, who is an AI researcher at Google and creator of Keras. And he’s launching a prize in collaboration with Mike Knoop, the co-founder of Zapier, who we’ll also be talking to in a second, a million dollar prize to solve the ARC benchmark that he created. So first question, what is the ARC benchmark? And why do you even need this prize? Why won’t the biggest alum we have in a year be able to just saturate it? Sure. So ARC is intended as a kind of IQ … Continue reading Conversation with Francois Chollet and Mike Knoop on the $1 million ARC-AGI Prize they’re launching

AI timelines: What do experts in artificial intelligence expect for the future?


Many AI experts believe there is a real chance that human-level artificial intelligence will be developed within the next decades, and some believe that it will exist much sooner. By: Max Roser February 7, 2023 Cite this articleReuse our work freely Artificial intelligence (AI) that surpasses our own intelligence sounds like the stuff from science-fiction books or films. What do experts in the field of AI research think about such scenarios? Do they dismiss these ideas as fantasy, or are they taking such prospects seriously? A human-level AI would be a machine, or a network of machines, capable of carrying out … Continue reading AI timelines: What do experts in artificial intelligence expect for the future?

Future Republican administration proposes support for military AI development


The results of this proposed initiative is directly opposed to current US policy and EU/ British policy which are focussed solely on restrictions and managing risk. This approach dubbed mini Manhattan Projects are a positive and will encourage broadened AI development in such a key area as defence. It is highly positive for silicon valley companies such as Palantir (Peter Thiel). After repealing Biden’s AI order, draft would create “Manhattan Projects” for military AI BENJ EDWARDS –  7/17/2024, 10:44 AM Allies of former President Donald Trump have reportedly drafted a sweeping AI executive order that aims to boost military technology and reduce … Continue reading Future Republican administration proposes support for military AI development