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The DeepMind Institute

186 points · 76 comments · vertigoruntime

  1. nsagent · · focus · HN ↗
    They are simply looking to steer AI policy discussions. It's basically an in-house think tank. It has all the trappings, especially with ominous prognostications like:

      Today’s AI systems have impressive capabilities and the rapid pace of innovation suggests we’re now approaching artificial general intelligence (AGI), a system that exhibits all the cognitive capabilities of the human brain.
    
    Not sure we are anywhere close to all the cognitive capabilities of the human brain... not even a severely lobotomized one.
    1. Eueudhsbsj32 · · focus · HN ↗
      > Not sure we are anywhere close to all the cognitive capabilities of the human brain...

      In which capabilities are AI not already close to or beyond that of a human brain?

      1. jkuli · · focus · HN ↗
        politics
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