Is Deep-Layered Machine Learning the Catalyst for an Artificial General Intelligence Revolution?
I was distracted for the first bit of this talk, so definitely check out the slides and the video. But right now he’s talking about goal of learning to perceive and represent the world. We know that learning is driven by rewards and reinforcements. Intelligence implies “strategic thinking.” Strategic involves not just short term rewards, but rewards down the line. There’s been headway in deep learning like speech analytics and image recognition. They’ve been able to generate human level capabilities in these settings. Some closing thoughts: progress toward AGI is being made. It’s the time to discuss moral implications, socioeconomic impact, and regulatory policies. We need to discuss these things now, not when AGI is happening. He thinks AGI will be here soon, he plans to demonstrate something to us in a year or two.
