Artificial Intelligence

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TEDx Talks
Dec 19, 2024


Artificial intelligence is generating excitement, but as generative AI mimics the creative processes of individuals, what will happen to human creativity and intelligence? Arun Sundararajan emphasises the importance of humans claiming ownership over their intellectual capital. He explains why traditional intellectual property law falls short and proposes a balance between law and technology for harmonious coexistence between humans and AI.

Arun Sundararajan is the Harold Price Professor of Entrepreneurship and Technology at New York University, and author of the  best-selling and award-winning book "The Sharing Economy." He is one of the world's experts on how digital technologies and artificial intelligence transforms business, government and civil society.  He has given hundreds of keynotes including at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and his expert testimony has been sought by the US Congress, the European Parliament, the United Nations, companies, nonprofits and investors globally.

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OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji dead at age 26; family seeks answers as death ruled suicide

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Bloomberg Originals
Dec 20, 2024

Two years ago, OpenAI's ChatGPT became the tech industry's biggest product in years. Now, leading developers like OpenAI, Google and Anthropic are finding their models aren't improving as dramatically as they once did and profitability remains elusive.


00:00 Introduction
01:28 Origin of the AI Boom
02:39 Limits of large language models
04:38 Synthetic data
05:10 Cost pressures
07:22 What's next?

[Lexi Darling]

This is something I've often had unsettling thoughts about. Like your new digital washing machine where in order to use the settings to wash more uncommon fabrics you need to download the paid washing machine DLC, and every time you put in a load of laundry you have to sit through a 2 minute unmutable ad. Its advanced algorithm will recommend clothes to buy based on your washing history.

What did I say. What did I fucking say. AI powered digital household appliances. You best start believing in cyberpunk dystopias, etc.

God I hate it when I'm right.

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What did I say. What did I fucking say. AI powered digital household appliances. You best start believing in cyberpunk dystopias, etc.

God I hate it when I'm right.

I could see this leading to a new and thriving market for used but still working or fully restored pre-AI appliances and people choosing to repair their old appliances instead of buying new ones.

I certainly won't be buying any AI-powered digital household appliances.

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Google DeepMind

Dec 20, 2024 

Google DeepMind: The Podcast


In our final episode for the year, we explore Project Astra, a research prototype exploring future capabilities of a universal AI assistant that can understand the world around you. Host Hannah Fry is joined by Greg Wayne, Director in Research at Google DeepMind. They discuss the inspiration behind the research prototype, its current strengths and limitations, as well as potential future use cases. Hannah even gets the chance to put Project Astra's multilingual skills to the test.





Timecodes
00:00 Intro to Project Astra
03:00 Hannah demo
07:00 Hardware and what's under the hood
16:56 Languages
23:00 Inspiration for Project Astra
33:55 Latency and memory
46:00 What's next
47:00 Hannah's thoughts

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Google DeepMind
Dec 5, 2024

Google DeepMind: The Podcast
There is broad consensus across the tech industry, governments and society, that as artificial intelligence becomes more embedded in every aspect of our world, regulation will be essential. But what does this look like? Can it be adopted without stifling innovation? Are current frameworks presented by government leaders headed in the right direction?

Join host Hannah Fry as she discusses these questions and more with Nicklas Lundblad, Director of Public Policy at Google DeepMind. Nicklas emphazises the importance of a nuanced approach, focusing on adaptability and evidence-based policymaking. He highlights the complexities of assessing risk and reward in emerging technologies, advocating for a focus on harm reduction rather than outright bans.

Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
02:15 Current mood around AI
06:12 Where we are right now
08:05 Regulation needs
14:15 Planning for unknowns
19:40 Uncertainty and progress
24:17 Public and private sector
26:00 Self regulation
28:15 Investments in science
31:18 Risk and reward
32:20 Global approach
33:45 Regulation accelerating innovation
38:02 Unacceptable risk
40:00 Frontier models
47:50 Emerging capabilities
51:42 Technology diffusion
54:06 Hannah's thoughts

[Buck_Mulligan]

From Sam Altman...

We believe that, in 2025, we may see the first AI agents "join the workforce" and materially change the output of companies.
...We are beginning to turn our aim beyond that, to superintelligence in the true sense of the word. We love our current products, but we are here for the glorious future. With superintelligence, we can do anything else. Superintelligent tools could massively accelerate scientific discovery and innovation well beyond what we are capable of doing on our own, and in turn massively increase abundance and prosperity.
This sounds like science fiction right now, and somewhat crazy to even talk about it. That's alright—we've been there before and we're OK with being there again. We're pretty confident that in the next few years, everyone will see what we see, and that the need to act with great care, while still maximizing broad benefit and empowerment, is so important. Given the possibilities of our work, OpenAI cannot be a normal company.

https://blog.samaltman.com/reflections

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Speaking of Sam Altman...

ChatGPT creator denies sister's childhood rape claim

[Buck_Mulligan]

AI is playing havoc with sustainability goals.

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/sustainability-goals-generative-ai-capgemini/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=e312_01.15.25_ICP_Vulnerability&utm_term=daily-tech-insider-active

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[Buck_Mulligan]

The Psy-ops are in full swing...

Extract from a multi-topic piece...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk - who absolutely knows his way around a "funding secured" tweet - seemed to indicate on his social media platform today that President Trump's newly announced Stargate AI initiative is secretly broke. Musk wrote of the $100 billion joint venture that "They don't actually have the money," followed by, "SoftBank has well under $10B secured. I have that on good authority."

In response, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told CNBC, "Look, all I know is, I'm good for my $80 billion." Tesla is one of the few (self-described) AI stocks not on the rise at midday following the Stargate announcement, so investors should continue to take Elon's funding tweets with a grain of salt - even though he's finally right, after all these years, about TSLA being worth $420.

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OpenAI's Sam Altman once warned America about Trump. Now he's partnering with him

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Bloomberg Television
Jan 29, 2025

Alibaba says it's new artificial intelligence model is superior to DeepSeek. It says the Qwen 2.5 Max edition scored better than Meta Platforms Inc.'s Llama and DeepSeek's V3 model in various tests. Matthew Bloxham of Bloomberg Intelligence is on "Bloomberg Brief."

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