Artificial Intelligence Is Not Yet As Smart As Humans

Current AI systems like ChatGPT do not have human-level intelligence and are barely smarter than a dog, Meta’s AI chief claims, as the debate over the dangers of the fast-growing technology rages on. ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, is based on a certain large language model. This means that the AI system was trained on huge amounts of language data that allows a user to prompt it with questions and requests, while the chatbot replies in language we understand. The fast-paced development of AI has sparked concern from major technologists that, if unchecked, the technology could pose dangers to society. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said this year that AI is “one of the biggest risks to the future of civilization.” At the same panel, Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Facebook parent Meta, was asked about the current limitations of AI. He focused on self generative AI trained on language models, saying they are not very intelligent, because they are solely programmed on language. Meta’s AI chief said the company is working on training AI on video, rather than just on language, which is a tougher task. While looking at the dangers and opportunities of AI, it is concluded ethics and regulation of A.I. should be followed, that there need to be guardrails in place for the development of the technology. But everyone is unsure who would do that.