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Moreover, Google DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis has suggested a similar timeframe, saying in April that ASI could be reached “in the next five to 10 years.
At a recent episode of the Silicon Valley Girl Podcast , Suleyman cautioned researchers against creating artificial superintelligence (ASI), AI with reasoning capabilities far beyond human capacity, stating that it should be considered an “anti-goal” instead of a developmental target. Suleyman, who co-founded DeepMind, explained that the vision of an ASI “doesn’t feel like a positive vision of the future” due to the risks of controlling it. Microsoft Edge Gets a Major AI Upgrade with New Copilot Mode ChatGPT maker OpenAI ’s CEO, Sam Altman, has often described artificial general intelligence as the company’s central goal, and said earlier this year that OpenAI is already considering what comes after ASI. Meta’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, said ASI could still be “decades” away.
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has once again cautioned researchers about developing specific capabilities for their AI. models. He added, “It would be very hard to contain something like that or align it to our values. Meanwhile, others remain cautious about ASI.
In related news, Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s AI CEO, publicly defended the company’s AI advancements amid growing user criticism. In a viral post on social media, Suleyman expressed disbelief at people dismissing AI as underwhelming. His condemnation comes days after users slammed the tech giant for embedding AI features like Copilot into Windows, claiming that the features were rolled out without addressing fundamental system issues or providing opt-out options.