The Emergence of Language Models

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Sparks: There seem to be two teams out there right now on the capacities of these, of these language models. The other team is Team Sparks of AGI that says these are actually showing the beginnings of real, intelligent capacities. So I think what we're seeing is actually the development of emergent capacities; nobody at the beginning of all this thought they were going to do much more than mimic and regurgitate text really well.

The two hottest topics in tech right now are the rise of generative AI and, with Apple’s recent push into spatial computing, the mainstreaming of augmented reality. Will silicon-based machines develop sentience? Will human experience extend into virtual worlds? These distinct technologies may eventually blend to spawn a surprising future, as our “real” world becomes digitally enhanced and our machines behave increasingly like humans.

Today, a provocative discussion with some big (human) thinkers: Steven Johnson, visiting scholar at Google Labs and author of ”Extra Life,” “Where Good Ideas Come from,” and “How We Got to Now”; philosopher and cognitive scientist David Chalmers, author of ”The Conscious Mind” and “Reality+”; and Betaworks founder and AI investor John Borthwick.

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