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Google's chief AI scientist believes that getting AGI right would lead to "maximal human flourishing" We have all been guilty of falling under the foundation model spell of the past year-and-a-half, initiated by OpenAI’s unveiling of ChatGPT to the public. But it is not only where large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4 are concerned that incredible progress has been made in the field of artificial intelligence. And one company has been behind more impressive milestones than most — DeepMind, acquired by Google in 2014 for a reported £400mn to £650mn.  Speaking at the TED 40th anniversary conference in Vancouver, Canada, on Monday, DeepMind’s CEO and head of Google’s entire AI R&D efforts, Demis Hassabis, confirmed that Google has no intention of slowing down investment in the technology. Quite the opposite.  While Hassabis said Google does not talk about specific numbers, the company will surpass the $100 billion that Microsoft and OpenAI plan to invest in their “Stargate” AI supercomputer over the coming years. “We are investing more than that over time, and that is one of the reasons we teamed up with Google,” Hassabis said. “We knew that in order to get to AGI, we would need a lot of compute and Google had, and still has, the most computers.”  While this sounds like the perfect scenario for an artificial intelligence arms race that could lead to “rolling the dice” on things like reinforcement learning and AI safety, Hassabis reiterated that this must be avoided.  Getting through the “bottleneck” of safe AGI According to the DeepMind CEO, this is especially important as we come nearer to achieving artificial general intelligence — AI that can match or surpass human cognitive abilities such as reasoning, planning, and remembering.  “This technology is still relatively nascent, and so it’s probably ok what is happening at the moment,” Hassabis said. But as we get closer to AGI we need to “start thinking as a society about the types of architectures that get built.”  “The good news is that most of these scientists who are working on this, we know each other quite well, we talk to each other a lot at conferences,” Hassabis stated. (Raise your hand if you are only mildly reassured by this particular piece of information.) Hassabis further added that learning to build safe AGI architectures is a kind of “bottleneck” that humanity needs to get through, in order to emerge on the other side to “a flourishing of many different types of systems” that have emerged from the initial ones with mathematical or practical guarantees around what they do. Era of “radical abundance” The responsibility for preventing a “runaway race dynamic” from happening, Hassabis believes, rests not only with AI industry labs, but many other parts of society: governments, civil society, and academia. “If we get this right, we could be in this incredible new era of radical abundance, curing all diseases, spreading consciousness to the stars, and maximum human flourishing.”

Placing a mobile phone face down will bring benefits to the user. However, not many people know all the benefits of placing their cell phone face down. In today's modern era, the smartphone has become an indispensable item in everyone's life. Using your phone wisely not only helps prolong the life of the device but also ensures your privacy. Let's learn how to use your phone effectively. A useful habit is to turn the phone screen face down when not in use. This not only helps you solve many annoying problems in life but also protects the health of the device. The benefits of placing your cell phone face down Avoid revealing personal information by keeping your phone screen face down When your phone is facing up, notifications appear on the screen, allowing others to see and read their details, greatly compromising your privacy. Especially if there is a message containing personal information or from a bank, letting someone else read it can cause an awkward situation. Therefore, turning the screen face down when around others is a way to protect your personal information and reduce the risk of others reading your messages. When your phone is facing up, notifications appear on the screen, allowing others to see and read their details, greatly compromising your privacy. Protect the screen from dust and liquids When the screen is facing up, dust can easily fall onto the phone screen, causing scratches and damaging the protective film. If you're worried about scratches on your screen, consider using a protective film. At the same time, placing the screen on top also causes water, food... to directly impact the phone screen. To avoid this situation, always keep your phone screen face down when placing it down on a table or when not in use. When the screen is facing up, dust can easily fall onto the phone screen, causing scratches and damaging the protective film. Protect the camera from scratches Most phones today have rear cameras that protrude from the back, so leaving the phone on its back can scratch the camera, affecting the quality of photos. Increase concentration The notification feature on smartphone screens is often used to notify users of new messages. Although this feature helps you receive messages more quickly, it can also cause distraction when messages constantly appear, distracting you from your work. To solve this problem, you can turn your phone face down when placing it on the table or turn off lock screen notifications. Thus, you are not bothered by continuous notifications, but can still check messages when unlocking the screen without missing any messages. Thus, the habit of placing your cell phone face down on the table when not in use brings more benefits than you think. Remember when leaving your phone in your pocket, make sure to keep the phone face down to avoid contact with metal or sharp edges, and prevent contact with hot batteries that can cause damage to the skin.