Zuckerberg Sets Sights on Advanced AI, But Experts Urge Caution on Pursuit of Human-Like Intelligence
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Zuckerberg wants Meta to pursue artificial general intelligence (AGI), to create much smarter computing systems that match human abilities. But AGI is still speculative, with no consensus on if or when it can be achieved.
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Today's AI, like large language models, is impressive but struggles with distinguishing facts from fiction. AGI would be more like the human brain in its breadth of intelligence.
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Zuckerberg believes future services require AGI advances across reasoning, planning, coding, memory, and more. By year-end, Meta will have enough AI processors for the equivalent of 600,000 top-end Nvidia GPUs.
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There's debate on whether today's large language models are steps toward AGI or still lack critical capabilities. Further advances may come from more training data or different techniques.
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Pursuing AGI raises ethical concerns about controlling such powerful AI systems. Zuckerberg claims Meta is proceeding cautiously, but humanity has struggled even with today's technologies.