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Artificial intelligence capable of matching humans at any task will be available within five ten years

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Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), a form of AI capable of matching or surpassing human intelligence across all tasks, is expected to emerge within the next five to ten years, according to Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind.

Speaking recently, Hassabis highlighted the advancements in AI systems that are paving the way for AGI.

While current AI excels in specific domains, such as playing complex games like chess or Go – it still lacks the ability to generalise knowledge and adapt to real-world challenges.

But the advancements made in AI chatbots such as ChatGPT from OpenAI and DeepSeek have showcased remarkable development, and at speed too. Applying AI to work environments, science and domestic tasks is forever expanding.

Hassabis emphasised that significant research is still required to achieve AGI. The focus lies on improving AI’s understanding of context and its ability to plan and reason in dynamic environments.

Multi-agent systems, where AI entities collaborate or compete, are seen as a promising avenue for development.

These systems aim to replicate the intricate decision-making processes humans exhibit in complex scenarios.

The implications of AGI are profound, with potential applications spanning healthcare, education, and beyond.

However, its development also raises ethical and societal questions, including concerns about control, safety, and equitable access.

While the timeline remains speculative, Hassabis’s insights underscore the accelerating pace of AI innovation, bringing humanity closer to a future where machines and humans collaborate in unprecedented ways.

Or not?

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A new powerful AI is coming but the techies have no clue as to what it will look like

AGI

That’s reassuring then, and they are creating it

Leaders at some of the world’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies are expecting a form of AI on a par with, or even exceeding human intelligence to arrive sometime in the near future. But what it will eventually look like and how it will be applied are unknown.

Artificial General Intelligence or AGI is coming soon

Leaders from OpenAI, Microsoft and Google’s DeepMind, and many other major tech companies debated the risks and opportunities presented by AI at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January 2024.

AI has become the talk of ‘town’ around the world through 2023, mainly due to the success of ChatGPT, OpenAI’s popular generative AI chatbot, brought to us by Microsoft. Generative AI tools, like ChatGPT, are powered large language models, algorithms trained on vast quantities of data, but are not AGI.

Executives at some of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies see ‘artificial general intelligence,’ or AGI, a hypothesized form of AI with intelligence on a par or better than humans. This prospect is both exciting and worrying.

Concern

AI and AGI have created concern among governments, corporations and public consultation groups worldwide, owing to the risks around the lack of transparency of AI systems; social manipulation through computer algorithms; job losses due to increased automation; surveillance; and data privacy and worse… the lack of human control!

Extinction event possible

Many industry leaders in technology have warned that AI could lead to an ‘extinction-level’ event where machines become so powerful they get out of control and wipe out humanity.

A new powerful AI is coming but the techies have no clue as to what it will look like

Several prominent technology leaders, including Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak for example, have called for a pause in AI development, stating that a moratorium would be beneficial in allowing society to catch up.

Turing test

AI chatbots like ChatGPT have passed the Turing test, a test called the ‘imitation game,’ which was developed by British computer scientist Alan Turing to determine whether someone is communicating with a machine and a human. The one big area where AI is lacking is common sense.

It has been reported on many occasions, that the tech world is taking steps to ensure that the AI race doesn’t lead to a ‘Hiroshima moment.‘

Will AGI be created in the image of humans?

Let’s hope not.

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Cathie Wood

Tech’ investor and disruptor

Cathie Wood is an American investor and the founder, CEO and CIO of ARK Invest, an investment management firm that focuses on disruptive innovation. She is known for her bullish views on Tesla, DeepMind, and many other AI companies.

DeepMind and Tesla

Cathie Wood is a fan of DeepMind, an artificial intelligence research lab acquired by Google in 2014 and founded in 2010. She reportedly says it is ‘one of the best AI companies in the world’ and that the ‘AI revolution’ will ‘change everything’.

She also says that Tesla is the ‘biggest AI opportunity in the world’ today. She believes that Tesla has a huge advantage in data collection and innovation, and that it has just started its growth potential.

Additionally, Cathie Wood has been betting on other AI stocks, such as C3.ai, UiPath, Exact Sciences, and Upstart. She thinks these companies have strong prospects in various fields, such as cloud computing, automation, healthcare, and lending.

British-American AI DeepMind

DeepMind is a British-American artificial intelligence research lab that is a subsidiary of Google. It was founded in 2010 and acquired by Google in 2014. DeepMind is known for creating neural network models that can learn how to play video games, solve complex problems, and mimic human intelligence. Some of its famous products are AlphaGo, AlphaZero, AlphaFold, and Flamingo.

DeepMind

Mission

DeepMind’s mission is to ‘solve intelligence and use it to make the world a better place‘.  It has been involved in various fields, such as healthcare, climate change, computer systems, and board games. 

DeepMind also collaborates with Google Cloud to enhance its solutions for customers

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