The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett Google DeepMind Co-founder: AI Could Release A Deadly Virus - It’s Getting More Threatening! Mustafa Suleyman
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Sep 4, 2023 
Mustafa Suleyman, a British AI expert and co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI, delves into the transformative potential of artificial intelligence. He discusses the duality of AI—how it can help society but also poses risks like synthetic pathogens. Mustafa highlights the need for robust regulations to prevent misuse and stresses the importance of a long-term perspective on AI's development. He covers the evolution of technology, the future implications of AI, and the ethical responsibilities tied to its powerful capabilities.
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AI's Clever Atari Strategies
- DeepMind trained an AI to play Atari games by simply looking at pixels and controlling actions.
- The AI discovered clever strategies humans hadn't, highlighting AI's potential for knowledge discovery.
The Surprising Power of Language Models
- Mustafa Suleyman was surprised by language models' ability to generate human-like text, given language's abstract nature.
- He found image and audio generation more predictable due to their locally contained structure.
Logical Fear of AI Dominance
- Steven Bartlett expresses a logical fear, not an emotional one, about AI's potential dominance.
- This fear stems from the seemingly inevitable outcome of humans becoming the less dominant species.
