Last Week in AI

#125 - Nvidia tools for game devs, TikTok’s Tako, PandaGPT and Gorilla, Voyager, early warning system for AI risks

Dr. Daniel Bender's AI podcast notes
AI-generated based on their snips

1. ImageBind is a new open-source tool that can map videos and images to the same latent representation for instruction following across different modalities like audio or infrared.
2. Reinforcement learning is no longer seen as the primary path to AGI, but rather a step on top of a deep learning framework, better-suited for learning novel skills by interacting with an environment.
3. DeepMind has developed an early warning system to identify potential AI risks by evaluating AI models for harmful behavior patterns such as power seeking and resistance to shutdown.
4. External audits and structured access can help mitigate the risk of malicious use and intrinsic power-seeking in AI systems, and limit API access to allow auditors and users to learn about the system without exposing IP.
5. Yoshua Benjio, in a blog post, highlights power-seeking and reward hacking as major concerns for misaligned AI where there is currently no safety guarantee for systems exceeding human cognitive capacity.
6. Grimes developed a software tool at elf.tech that allows users to transform voices to sound like her own and generate AI-generated music tracks or lyrics, emphasizing the importance of regulation to shape the future of AI generated music.

Highlights created by Dr. Daniel Bender

ImageBind: A Surprisingly Simple Approach for Multimodal Instruction Following

37:31 • 1min

The Role of Reinforcement Learning in Deep Learning Frameworks

01:12:33 • 1min

Early Warning System for Novel AI Risks - DeepMind

01:18:05 • 60sec

The Importance of External Audits and Structured Access for Safe AI Systems

01:20:12 • 2min

Early Awarding System and How Rogue AI May Arise: DeepMind and Yoshua Benjio's Perspectives

01:21:41 • 2min

Initiative by AI coalition and NYT article on the Shogov meme

01:28:27 • 1min

Grimes invites anyone to make AI song using elf.tech software tool

01:31:49 • 2min

AI-generated music and the importance of regulation

01:33:33 • 1min