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<p>Dear All,</p>
<p>Herewith an interesting piece that I think matches our current
session on AI (received courtesy from Malcolm Dean).</p>
<p>The brief attachment (hopefully the server won't scrap it??) is
very rich in further references that may be useful, in particular
the Google Deep Mind report.</p>
<p>Best --Pedro<br>
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sans-serif">MIT Technology Review, 16 November 2023</font></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial,
sans-serif"><b>Google DeepMind wants to define what counts
as artificial general intelligence<br>
</b><i>AGI is one of the most disputed concepts in tech.
These researchers want to fix that.<br>
</i>By Will Douglas Heaven</font></div>
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style="background-color:transparent;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">AGI,
or</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/15/1010461/artificial-general-intelligence-robots-ai-agi-deepmind-google-openai/__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!WnCzRuIqwnPHkQYawQRgGK3PDh6rMaSNSJWc8KF163Vqy1VdjOHSccpo9AE8y6Old5EmQdPDZxktXNfiI_JERJefw3_5$" style="background:transparent;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;display:inline" moz-do-not-send="true"> artificial general intelligence</a><span
style="background-color:transparent;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">,
is one of the hottest topics in tech today. It’s also one of
the most controversial. A big part of the problem is that
few people agree on what the term even means. Now a team of
Google DeepMind researchers has put out a paper that cuts
through the cross talk with not just one new definition for
AGI but a</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.02462.pdf__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!WnCzRuIqwnPHkQYawQRgGK3PDh6rMaSNSJWc8KF163Vqy1VdjOHSccpo9AE8y6Old5EmQdPDZxktXNfiI_JERAJHFz1i$" style="background:transparent;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;display:inline" moz-do-not-send="true"> whole taxonomy of them</a><span
style="background-color:transparent;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">.</span></div>
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style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0)">In
broad terms, AGI typically means artificial intelligence
that matches (or outmatches) humans on a range of tasks. But
specifics about what counts as human-like, what tasks, and
how many all tend to get waved away: AGI is AI, but better.</span></div>
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style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0)">To
come up with the new definition, the Google DeepMind team
started with prominent existing definitions of AGI and drew
out what they believe to be their essential common
features. </span></div>
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style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The
team also outlines five ascending levels of AGI: emerging
(which in their view includes cutting-edge chatbots like </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/03/03/1069311/inside-story-oral-history-how-chatgpt-built-openai/__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!WnCzRuIqwnPHkQYawQRgGK3PDh6rMaSNSJWc8KF163Vqy1VdjOHSccpo9AE8y6Old5EmQdPDZxktXNfiI_JERKMo4wNc$" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background:transparent;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;display:inline" moz-do-not-send="true">ChatGPT</a><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> and </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/03/21/1070111/google-bard-chatgpt-openai-microsoft-bing-search/__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!WnCzRuIqwnPHkQYawQRgGK3PDh6rMaSNSJWc8KF163Vqy1VdjOHSccpo9AE8y6Old5EmQdPDZxktXNfiI_JERJ1xNXBQ$" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background:transparent;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;display:inline" moz-do-not-send="true">Bard</a><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0)">),
competent, expert, virtuoso, and </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/26/1082398/exclusive-ilya-sutskever-openais-chief-scientist-on-his-hopes-and-fears-for-the-future-of-ai/__;!!D9dNQwwGXtA!WnCzRuIqwnPHkQYawQRgGK3PDh6rMaSNSJWc8KF163Vqy1VdjOHSccpo9AE8y6Old5EmQdPDZxktXNfiI_JERKp2V_xp$" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background:transparent;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;display:inline" moz-do-not-send="true">superhuman</a><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> (performing
a wide range of tasks better than all humans, including
tasks humans cannot do at all, such as decoding other
people’s thoughts, predicting future events, and talking to
animals). They note that no level beyond emerging AGI has
been achieved.</span></div>
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