Companies Pursuing Artificial General Intelligence Aim for Big Impacts, While Experts Urge Careful Regulation
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Artificial general intelligence (AGI) refers to AI systems with human-level intelligence across many cognitive tasks. Companies like DeepMind and Anthropic aim to develop safe and beneficial AGI.
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Researchers warn advanced AI systems could pose existential risks if not properly regulated. Governments are considering regulations to ensure safe AGI development.
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Use cases for AGI include optimizing complex systems, medical research, knowledge work automation and intelligent assistants. Economic and societal implications could be immense.
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Companies actively pursuing AGI include DeepMind, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Brain, Microsoft, Vicarious, Robust AI, Elemental Cognition and others.
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Experts believe high-level AGI is still decades away. Narrow AI will continue advancing rapidly in near term and transform major sectors like healthcare and transportation.