Right now, “AI” technologies are in use all around us. Google Translate uses AI to convert words from one language to another. Amazon uses AI to recommend products based on your purchase history. Self-driving cars use AI to detect objects in view. These are all “narrow” AI programs, used only for a specific task. Researchers at the top AI labs, however, are increasingly looking at “general” AI, that can do multipledifferent tasks. In other words, the field is trying to replicate the generalist abilities of humans, with software. (Partly adapted from here). (Policymakers)
Right now, “AI” technologies are in use all around us. Google Translate uses AI to convert words from one language to another. Amazon uses AI to recommend products based on your purchase history. Self-driving cars use AI to detect objects in view. These are all “narrow” AI programs, used only for a specific task. Researchers at the top AI labs, however, are increasingly looking at “general” AI, that can do multiple different tasks. In other words, the field is trying to replicate the generalist abilities of humans, with software. (Partly adapted from here). (Policymakers)