🤖 Meta AI, Musk's AI Views, 2053 Tech: A Futuristic Overview
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Meta's AI chief doesn't think AI super intelligence is coming anytime soon, and is skeptical on quantum computing. Facebook parent Meta held a media event this week in San Francisco highlighting the 10-year anniversary of its Fundamental AI Research team. Society is more likely to get 'cat-level' or 'dog-level' AI years before human-level AI, Meta chief scientist Yann LeCun said Unlike Google, Microsoft and other tech giants, Meta is not making a big bet on quantum computing. By Jonathan Vanian via CNBC
𝕏: By "not any time soon", I mean "clearly not in the next 5 years", contrary to a number of folks in the AI industry. Yes, I'm skeptical of quantum computing, particularly when it comes to its application to AI. - Yann LeCun (@ylecun)
Ego, Fear and Money: How the A.I. Fuse Was Lit. Elon Musk celebrated his 44th birthday in July 2015 at a three-day party thrown by his wife at a California wine country resort dotted with cabins. It was family and friends only, with children racing around the upscale property in Napa Valley. By Cade Metz via The New York Times
𝕏: “Musk explained that his plan was to colonize Mars to escape overpopulation and other dangers on Earth. Hassabis replied that the plan would work — so long as superintelligent machines didn’t follow and destroy humanity on Mars, too. Musk was speechless” - Shashank Joshi (@shashj)
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Dispatch from the Future: The Must-Have Gadgets and Gear of 2053. What will personal technology look like in 2053? Now that we have three decades of gear coverage under our belts, we cast our eyes 30 years into the future to answer that very question. We consulted with industry analysts, researchers, product designers, and computing experts. By Gear Team via WIRED
Looking back at a transformative year for AI. Are you ready to bring more awareness to your brand? Consider becoming a sponsor for The AI Impact Tour. Learn more about the opportunities here. It has been a year since OpenAI quietly launched ChatGPT as a “research preview,” a chatbot based on a large language model (LLM). By Gary Grossman, Edelman via VentureBeat
Where are all the robot trucks?. When legislation requiring heavy trucks to have a human operator onboard sailed through the California legislature earlier this year, the coalition of labor organizations backing it knew their victory wasn't sealed quite yet. They were right. Weeks after the bill’s passage, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed it, arguing it would stifle innovation in the state. By Chris Mills Rodrigo via The Verge
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