AI's Soaring Capabilities Raise Hope and Concern as Generative Models Flood Media Landscape
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Artificial intelligence and neural networks are transforming capabilities, from game-playing to identifying medical conditions and generating imagery, with generative AI as a new frontier. Companies like DeepMind and startups are pushing boundaries.
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AI is being applied to develop new drugs faster, detect diseases earlier through pattern recognition, and predict wildfires, with the potential to boost productivity enormously. It also raises opportunities as well as concerns about the future.
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Generative adversarial networks can now create realistic fake imagery and audio, enabled by diffusion models trained on massive datasets. This flood of AI-created disinformation causes concerns about losing trust in what's real.
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As AI systems become more capable, mitigating existential risk should be a priority akin to threats like nuclear war and pandemics, according to AI leaders. Commercial incentives make it hard to stop the AI "train" so governance is needed.
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AI-enabled prosthetics and robotics aim to augment human capabilities through machine learning that customizes to the individual. But communication of intentions and months of training remain chokepoints to seamless integration.