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Are we on the cusp of AGI, as Musk suggests? There’s cause for doubt

The occasion horizon is a boundary that marks the outer fringe of black holes, the purpose from which nothing can escape – not even gentle. AI singularity refers to when synthetic intelligence (AI) surpasses human intelligence, resulting in fast, unpredictable technological development – it is referred to as synthetic basic intelligence, or AGI. Therefore, Musk …

An agenda to maximise AI’s advantages and minimise harms, by David Patterson

This was the topic of a spirited dialog I had in February 2024 with Andy Konwinski, a former scholar of mine and the co-founder of two AI-related startups, Databricks and Perplexity. Andy shared his disbelief {that a} buddy’s son had dropped out of his computer-science programme. This vibrant scholar believed AI would quickly make programmers …