AI researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology seem to have been inspired by the idea that “the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”
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INDUSTRY, U.S. LEAD IN AI RESEARCH, STANFORD STUDY FINDS
AI bests humans in English language comprehension and reasoning from visual images, as well as in some other tasks. However, humans still outperform AI in complex mathematical performance, planning, and often in common sense.
EXECUTIVES EXPLAIN HOW AI WILL CUT JOBS AND IMPROVE THE ONES THAT ARE LEFT
By using AI to answer customers' questions and issues at a call center, Keybank has seen the number of people needing to talk with human customer service representatives reduced, giving the humans remaining in the center more time to help people with complex problems, a company spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal.
AI USES TOO MUCH ELECTRICITY. AI CAN FIX THAT.
AI systems are trained on huge data sets using thousands of complex computer chips that gobble power.
HOW A LABOR ECONOMIST LEARNED TO LOVE AI
David Autor, a labor economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has spent decades chronicling technology’s corrosive effects on American incomes and the middle class.
AI DEVELOPMENT IS SPEEDING PAST HUMANS’ ABILITY TO EVALUATE IT
Recently released AI systems are so sophisticated and powerful that they have outstripped the techniques developers use to assess their accuracy, safety, and overall performance, the Financial Times reported.
META, OPENAI SAY THEY SOON WILL RELEASE A “REASONING” AI
Meta and OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, will soon unveil an AI able to reason and plan ahead, the two companies have announced independently.
AI WILL BE SMARTER THAN PEOPLE NEXT YEAR, MUSK SAYS
In 2025, new, cutting-edge AI systems will be more capable than humans in a variety of ways, Elon Musk predicted earlier this month during an interview on X with Nicolai Tangen, the CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management.
OBSOLESCENT GODS: THE FEVER DREAM OF TRANSHUMANISTS
AI is coming, sooner or later, for every human occupation. It will eventually outstrip human abilities to such a degree, that we will not be able to fathom its intelligence.
APPLE IS BUILDING AI CAPACITY INTO EVERY NEW MAC
After equipping some Mac computers with M3 AI chips late last year, the company will now power all Macs with Apple’s proprietary next-generation M4 chips, people familiar told Bloomberg.