The next stage of AI development is interactive bots that can perform tasks for people, using other software and people to do so. This was said by Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google DeepMind, in an interview with MIT Technology Review.
In his view, future AI developments will be more dynamic and capable of acting autonomously.
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“You simply give them a high-level goal, and they will use all available tools to achieve it. Neural networks will converse with other people and AI,” explained the head of DeepMind.
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With sufficient freedom of action, the new technologies will offer greater functionality than existing generative algorithms, which Suleyman called ‘static’.
Earlier in an interview with CNBC programmer predicted that within the next five years everyone will have their own AI personal assistants. Inflection AI, his company, launched its Pi chatbot in May as a competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The tool focuses on personal advice and conversation.
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“The first wave of AI concerned classification. Deep learning showed that we can teach computers to distinguish different types of input: images, video, audio, language. We are now in the generative wave, where you take information and create something new. The third wave will be interactive,” Suleyman added.
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When discussing risks of AI, the co-founder said that “people will always be in charge”. For greater control, countries should enact appropriate legislation, the developer said.
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“Overall, there are certain points we should treat with extreme caution, if not simply rule them out in the foreseeable future. Something like recursive self-improvement. You wouldn’t want your little AI to shut down and update its own code without your oversight,” he said.
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Suleyman concluded that the world has done a remarkable job regulating “ultra-complex things” like aviation, so it can handle artificial intelligence as well.
Earlier in August, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan shared plans to deploy AI in the music industry. He noted the rapid development of the technology and outlined the platform’s principles for its integration.