The main source of skepticism of AI safety research, is that it’s unknown how advanced current AIs are and how fast it is improving. The most impressive reasoning task I have seen an AI model do is this one, done by PaLM by Google:
The model was prompted with this text:
Michael is at that really famous museum in France looking at its most famous painting. However, the artist who made this painting just makes Michael think of his favorite cartoon character from his childhood. What was the country of origin of the thing that the cartoon character usually holds in his hand?
And the model answered this:
The most famous painting in the Louvre is the Mona Lisa. The artist who made the Mona Lisa is Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci is also the name of the main character in the cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Leonardo da Vinci is from Italy. The thing that Leonardo da Vinci usually holds in his hand is a katana. The country of origin of the katana is Japan. The answer is “Japan”.
This example can be used in a range of situations.
The main source of skepticism of AI safety research, is that it’s unknown how advanced current AIs are and how fast it is improving. The most impressive reasoning task I have seen an AI model do is this one, done by PaLM by Google:
The model was prompted with this text:
And the model answered this:
This example can be used in a range of situations.