ALBAWABA - Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is the upcoming technology in the world of AI, as a result, Google’s DeepMind Institute looks to study its possible benefits and implications for society.
AI has already gained notoriety in the U.S. as nearly 50 percent of Americans believe "AI is now good enough and we should pause the development to reduce any risks," according to a Politico poll released on Wednesday.
Only 31 percent agreed that "We should continue developing more advanced AI because it could still bring significant benefits."
This, and AGI, the next big leap in AI, hasn’t even made a substantial arrival yet, that’s what led Google to establish the DeepMind Institute to publish articles from AGI researchers and debate how the technology should be developed and used responsibly.
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"We are on the cusp of a profound transformation, today's AI systems have impressive capabilities, and the rapid pace of innovation suggests we're now approaching artificial general intelligence, a system that exhibits all the cognitive capabilities of the human brain.
“While AI can still sometimes fail at basic tasks and lacks the consistency and creativity to meet the bar of full AGI, we expect those gaps to be closed soon."
Shane Legg, co-founder and chief AGI scientist of Google DeepMind, said in an essay about the institute;
"Yet there are also challenges and risks that come with the advent of such a transformative technology, we're already seeing the implications of increasingly capable AI for cybersecurity and biorisks, and there is the potential for loss of control in future self-improving systems.
This is a critical moment to ensure we build AGI safely and its benefits to society far outweigh any risks," he said.
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