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Will Everyone Have a Personal AI? With Mustafa Suleyman, Founder of DeepMind and Inflection

May 11, 2023

Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind and CEO of Inflection AI, discusses his journey from community work to AI innovation. He delves into how personal experiences led him to redefine emotional intelligence in AI. The conversation explores the evolution of social media’s impact on human interaction and the development of the AI companion, Pi, designed to understand user preferences. Mustafa also shares insights on the exponential growth of AI capabilities and hints at the societal implications discussed in his upcoming book, The Coming Wave.

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The Future of Computing as Personalized Conversations with AI

01:32

The Missing Element for Lambda: Interaction Feedback

00:49

The Contradictions in AI and Sharpening Thoughts with Hard Deadlines

01:02

From Global Issues to AI Interest

00:55

Intro

3min

Navigating Global Challenges: Negotiation and Empathy in Action

3min

The Evolution of AI and Social Media

10min

Transforming AI: From Challenges to Breakthroughs

25min

The Evolution of Personal AI: Pi's Journey

7min

Exponential Growth and Innovations in AI Model Scalability

5min

Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind and now co-founder and CEO of Inflection AI, joins Sarah and Elad to discuss how his interests in counseling, conflict resolution, and intelligence led him to start an AI lab that pioneered deep reinforcement learning, lead applied AI and policy efforts at Google, and more recently found Inflection and launch Pi.

Mustafa offers insights on the changing structure of the web, the pressure Google faces in the age of AI personalization, predictions for model architectures, how to measure emotional intelligence in AIs, and the thinking behind Pi: the AI companion that knows you, is aligned to your interests, and provides companionship.

Sarah and Elad also discuss Mustafa’s upcoming book, The Coming Wave (release September 12, 2023), which examines the political ramifications of AI and digital biology revolutions.

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Show Notes:

[00:06] - From Conflict Resolution to AI Pioneering

[10:36] - Defining Intelligence

[15:32] - DeepMind's Journey and Breakthroughs

[24:45] - The Future of Personal AI Companionship

[33:22] - AI and the Future of Personalized Content

[41:49] - The Launch of Pi

[51:12] - Mustafa’s New Book The Coming Wave

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