Zuckerberg’s AGI remarks follow trend of downplaying AI dangers

Key Points:

  • Meta Platforms Inc., led by Mark Zuckerberg, is striving to build “general intelligence” for AI assistants and make it widely accessible through open-sourcing, raising discussions about the future of AI.
  • Zuckerberg’s announcement reflects a shift towards downplaying AGI as an imminent threat, contrasting with previous hype and concerns about AI’s potential existential risks.
  • Meta is investing in a substantial GPU capacity for AI model training, and Zuckerberg hinted at the integration of AI with the Metaverse through wearable devices like glasses.

Summary:

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms Inc., announced that the company is working on building “general intelligence” for AI assistants and “open sourcing it responsibly,” while bringing together its two major research groups, FAIR and GenAI, to make it happen.

 

The announcement has sparked discussions about the potential invention of truly general AI and has been seen as part of a trend of downplaying AGI as an imminent threat.

 

Zuckerberg also revealed that Meta is amassing a considerable GPU capacity for the training and running of AI models and hinted at the integration of AI and the Metaverse through wearable devices like glasses, specifically the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses.

 

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