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Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Ben Goertzel: AGI is 5 Years Away!

Apr 4, 2023
01:20:33

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Quick takeaways

  • AGI can surpass human intelligence through recursive improvement and knowledge sharing.
  • The transitional phase to AGI may bring challenges to society, but also opportunities for positive changes.

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The Promise of AGI and Recursive Self-Improvement

The speaker believes that once we achieve human-level AGI, we will quickly surpass it and have AGI that exceeds humans in all aspects of intelligence. This will be possible through a recursive improvement loop, where AGI can upgrade its own code and algorithms to become smarter. The speaker also mentions the potential for copying AGI, allowing for multiple instances to share knowledge and further enhance their intelligence. While the areas where AGI will exceed humans may differ depending on the approach taken, the speaker highlights reasoning, expanded sensor abilities, and the ability to perform specialized tasks as possibilities. Overall, the speaker is optimistic about the potential for AGI to greatly surpass human intelligence.

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