DeepMind’s Cofounder: Generative AI Is Just a Phase. What’s Next Is Interactive AI.
Will Douglas Heaventechnologyreview.com
DeepMind’s Cofounder: Generative AI Is Just a Phase. What’s Next Is Interactive AI.
I think there are certain capabilities that we should be very cautious of, if not just rule out, for the foreseeable future.
Such as?
I guess things like recursive self-improvement. You wouldn’t want to let your little AI go off and update its own code without you having oversight. Maybe that should even be a licensed activity—you know, just like fo... See more
Such as?
I guess things like recursive self-improvement. You wouldn’t want to let your little AI go off and update its own code without you having oversight. Maybe that should even be a licensed activity—you know, just like fo... See more
Will Douglas Heaven • DeepMind’s Cofounder: Generative AI Is Just a Phase. What’s Next Is Interactive AI.
And these AIs will be able to take actions. You will just give it a general, high-level goal and it will use all the tools it has to act on that. They’ll talk to other people, talk to other AIs. This is what we’re going to do with Pi.
Will Douglas Heaven • DeepMind’s Cofounder: Generative AI Is Just a Phase. What’s Next Is Interactive AI.
Seems highly dangerous at the moment. We do not really have a real control over AI yet, giving it the power to interact with the real world can have a bunch of unintended consequences.
For the moment, I think we are better of sandboxing it.
We’ve regulated many things online, right? The amount of fraud and criminal activity online is minimal. We’ve done a pretty good job with spam. You know, in general, [the problem of] revenge porn has got better, even though that was in a bad place three to five years ago. It’s pretty difficult to find radicalization content or terrorist material on... See more
Will Douglas Heaven • DeepMind’s Cofounder: Generative AI Is Just a Phase. What’s Next Is Interactive AI.
I think he has a very rosy view of the future. Most of this cannot really be backed up, and radicalized content is even increasing. We can see Twitter's struggle to moderate content.
The third wave will be the interactive phase. That’s why I’ve bet for a long time that conversation is the future interface. You know, instead of just clicking on buttons and typing, you’re going to talk to your AI.
Will Douglas Heaven • DeepMind’s Cofounder: Generative AI Is Just a Phase. What’s Next Is Interactive AI.
The idea is that humans will always remain in command. Essentially, it’s about setting boundaries, limits that an AI can’t cross. And ensuring that those boundaries create provable safety all the way from the actual code to the way it interacts with other AIs—or with humans—to the motivations and incentives of the companies creating the technology.... See more