Prompt engineering—getting the best answers of a generative AI chatbot like ChatGPT—is a new type of job. Large language models helped create this new role that can pay up to $250K. But what kinds of requirements and skills does it take to become a prompt engineer? WSJ’s Joanna Stern applied for the position at a New York-based AI startup called Hebbia.
OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster: Report
CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin reports on the latest OpenAI developments.
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The future of AI and AI stocks to watch
How to Think Computationally About AI, the Universe and Everything | Stephen Wolfram | TED
Drawing on his decades-long mission to formulate the world in computational terms, Stephen Wolfram delivers a profound vision of computation and its role in the future of AI. Amid a debut of mesmerizing visuals depicting the underlying structure of the universe, he provides a sweeping survey of his life’s work, offering a new perspective on the applications — and consequences — of AI powered by computational language.
How to Keep AI Under Control | Max Tegmark | TED
The current explosion of exciting commercial and open-source AI is likely to be followed, within a few years, by creepily superintelligent AI – which top researchers and experts fear could disempower or wipe out humanity. Scientist Max Tegmark describes an optimistic vision for how we can keep AI under control and ensure it’s working for us, not the other way around.
Factories are heading for a ‘dark’ future — and it’s not what you think
Factories have been transformed by automation, with robots now taking on a considerable proportion of jobs once done by people – lifting heavy loads, assembling parts, and more.
Some manufacturers are edging toward a future of factories focused on “lights out” or “dark” production. In such a setting, factories have near-total to full automation, with robots able to continue running overnight when humans are no longer there.
As manufacturing has become more and more automated, there are concerns about the roles traditionally taken on by people.
Wootzano, a robot-powered food packer in the northeast of England, is one example. The company is working to prepare and pack fruit with a lineup of robots that can operate with little to no supervision.
“Complete automation is what we all want to get towards, we want no human beings and the whole thing being run autonomously,” Atif Syed, CEO of Wootzano, told CNBC.
Still, the cost savings to this can be quite high, Syed said, noting that Wootzano, which packs fruit for distributors across the U.K., will eventually be able to operate with 80% fewer people than it currently does.
However, implementing a fully automated factory isn’t as straightforward as it seems. For one, robots don’t excel in creative thinking or problem-solving.
“If an error is happening, we don’t have enough data possibly to understand using machine learning techniques to then solve the problem,” Helge Wundermann, a professor of robotics at University College London, told CNBC.
“The creativity, the experience, the expertise of the human beings to troubleshoot some of the problems is essential.”
Will the future of manufacturing truly be “dark”? And if so, what are the challenges to building autonomous factories? Watch the video to learn more.
The End Of The Smartphone Is Near
The smartphone is just over 15 years old, and 70% of people on the planet own one. But there’s reason to believe their days are numbered. Where do smartphones go from here? And what new technologies might take its place? There are a couple of directions this could go. From mixed reality headsets and glasses to AI assistants, the smartphone as we know it is about to change.
Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity | Lex Fridman
Elon Musk is CEO of X, xAI, SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and The Boring Company.
OpenAI & Microsoft’s HUGE AI Announcements (Dev Day Supercut)
Highlights from the first OpenAI DevDay Keynote Presentation by OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman. Highlights include upgrades to chatgpt, GPT-4 Turbo, new AI agents called GPTs, the OpenAI app store, their new assistance API, and a guest appearance by Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft.
AI Is Dangerous, but Not for the Reasons You Think | Sasha Luccioni | TED
AI won’t kill us all — but that doesn’t make it trustworthy. Instead of getting distracted by future existential risks, AI ethics researcher Sasha Luccioni thinks we need to focus on the technology’s current negative impacts, like emitting carbon, infringing copyrights and spreading biased information. She offers practical solutions to regulate our AI-filled future — so it’s inclusive and transparent.