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I have to admit that the part I like to browse through the newsletter most is the final links, especially on robotics. I was especially struck by Apple's move, which is now a widespread topic of discussion. Thanks for the intriguing links!
I don't think anyone expected Apple of all companies to experiment with robotics. That, together with all those videos of humanoid robots becoming a reality really soon, landed on a fertile ground for discussions.
By the time we see Stargate in 2028, just maybe, somebody else will have demonstrated that enormous extortionate resource-glutton installations are not the way to AGI, if it is indeed achievable, especially if without context through embodiment. Is it really worth huge consumption of electricity and water (from any source) to satisfy an obsession to achieve unreliable "intelligence" locked in a black box. Applied genAI's in science, biology & medicine can provide far better value and benefit for humanity.
Well, the big tech companies will say that AGI will solve everything. It will solve the fusion power. It will design its own super-energy efficient chips. It will cure cancer and fix economy. It will do everything for us. So why do we have to be worried about short-term pain when there is a long-term abundance on the horizon?
On a serious note, achieving AGI will grant OpenAI/Microsoft and/or Google enormous edge over everyone else.
Right now, it appears only these companies have the resources to give it a shot. If one of them succeeds, then the payoff will be massive so it makes sense for them to pursue AGI and to throw as much money and computing power until the goal is reached or someone shows that's not the way, as you wrote.
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I have to admit that the part I like to browse through the newsletter most is the final links, especially on robotics. I was especially struck by Apple's move, which is now a widespread topic of discussion. Thanks for the intriguing links!
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I don't think anyone expected Apple of all companies to experiment with robotics. That, together with all those videos of humanoid robots becoming a reality really soon, landed on a fertile ground for discussions.
By the time we see Stargate in 2028, just maybe, somebody else will have demonstrated that enormous extortionate resource-glutton installations are not the way to AGI, if it is indeed achievable, especially if without context through embodiment. Is it really worth huge consumption of electricity and water (from any source) to satisfy an obsession to achieve unreliable "intelligence" locked in a black box. Applied genAI's in science, biology & medicine can provide far better value and benefit for humanity.
Well, the big tech companies will say that AGI will solve everything. It will solve the fusion power. It will design its own super-energy efficient chips. It will cure cancer and fix economy. It will do everything for us. So why do we have to be worried about short-term pain when there is a long-term abundance on the horizon?
On a serious note, achieving AGI will grant OpenAI/Microsoft and/or Google enormous edge over everyone else.
Right now, it appears only these companies have the resources to give it a shot. If one of them succeeds, then the payoff will be massive so it makes sense for them to pursue AGI and to throw as much money and computing power until the goal is reached or someone shows that's not the way, as you wrote.