[ExI] AI is spreading everywhere

[BillK]

On Mon, 7 Aug 2023 at 04:42, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> So, how long until someone writes an AI to help find, and learn how best to make use of, good/competent AI assistance?
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You won't have long to wait!  The race is on and billions are being invested.
The present AI assistants are task-oriented. e.g. one will do shopping
for you, another will write essays, another handles your customer
enquiries, etc.
The obvious next step is a sort of supervisor AI that can access all
of these when required as instructed by you.
The step after that is an autonomous AI director that knows what you
need to do and does it. Perhaps by first asking permission, but after
you learn to trust it, it won't bother to ask you first.
It will make decisions and you can check the daily or weekly reports
of what it has done.
The tsunami wave of the Singularity is racing towards us!

BillK

<https://generativeaitimes.com/posts/new-wave-of-autonomous-ai-assistants-emerges-2c-revolutionizing-personal-and-work-tasks/>
Quote:
New Wave of Autonomous AI Assistants Emerges, Revolutionizing Personal
and Work Tasks
July 28, 2023

A new generation of AI assistants, powered by advanced models such as
GPT-4, is attracting billions in investment from Silicon Valley. These
assistants, often referred to as “agents” or “copilots,” are expected
to perform more complex personal and professional tasks with less
human supervision.

Tech companies and startups are investing in the development of these
increasingly autonomous AI agents, aiming to create artificial general
intelligence (AGI) capable of matching or surpassing human cognitive
abilities. Inflection AI, which raised $1.3 billion in late June, is
working on a personal assistant capable of handling tasks like
securing flight credits and hotel bookings in case of travel delays.

The commercial potential for AI agents is large, attracting interest
from major tech companies like Microsoft and Google. Microsoft CEO
Satya Nadella sees foundation-model technology as a significant
advancement from existing digital assistants like Cortana, Alexa,
Siri, and Google Assistant.

However, the first iterations of quasi-autonomous AI agents might come
from agile startups rather than established tech giants. A surge of
investor interest in this field is fueling the commercialization of AI
agents, with at least 100 serious projects currently underway.
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