by
Mackenzie Tatananni
June 28 2024
from
TheSun Website
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It's
a tragic comedy...
Zuckerberg seems jealous that his industry cohorts are
creating "God" without him and, um... not casting him in
the role of the messiah?
Well, he is pretty sure that he can "save us" from being
misled because HIS AI is inspired far beyond the others.
His
holographic, goggle-wearing future promises that we can
all be successful YouTube or Instagram creators.
That's all you want to do, right...?
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The Meta founder
is trying to create AI
that is personalized to its
users,
increasing creativity and
productivity.
Mark Zuckerberg warns AI
companies are
'trying to create God' in stark
warning,
but he has the key to "save us"
all...
Mark Zuckerberg lashed out at
tech companies developing artificial intelligence tools, claiming
they are trying to "create God."
The
Meta founder - whose own
company boasts an expansive portfolio of
AI products - insists his
approach is different from the rest.
"I find it a pretty big turnoff when people
in the tech industry kind of talk about building this one true
AI," Zuckerberg said.
"It's almost as if they think they're creating God or something.
And it's like, that's not what we're doing."
The tech tycoon sat down for an interview with
YouTube creator Kane Kallaway to discuss the future of AI and
tease the tools in development at Meta.
The Meta and Ray-Ban glasses, for instance, could soon
feature floating screens across a wearer's field of vision.
Several renditions of the product have hit the market since its
release in 2021, but Zuckerberg believes the technology can be
pushed further.
He aspires for the product to include full holographic displays
while still looking like a pair of glasses rather than a headset.
"I think over time these two paths will just
sort of converge," Zuckerberg said.
The tech magnate also discussed Llama 3,
Meta's latest AI model, which he dubbed,
"pretty close to caught up with the best
models that are out there."
Zuckerberg took a jab at his competitors, namely
Google and OpenAI, for creating
what he views as single-purpose AI tools.
He vowed to retain the basic Meta AI assistant - a chatbot that can
generate images and plan an itinerary - while personalizing AI tools
for different users.
"There need to be a lot of different AIs that
get created to reflect people's different interests," Zuckerberg
said.
"So, a big part of the approach is going to be enabling every
creator, and then eventually also every small business on the
platform, to create an AI for themselves to help them interact
with their community and their customers if they're a business."
The billionaire offered a blunt tip for survival
in the rapidly changing digital sphere.
"As technology evolves, the tools that we use
will evolve and part of just being a talented person on the edge
with all this is just staying up to date with the tools," he
said.
The tech mogul also
offered bleak advice
to those concerned
about the rise of AI:
Simply stay on top of
new tools
and keep an open mind
Zuckerberg stressed his belief that AI won't stifle creativity...
"Fundamentally, I think that there are going
to be a lot more creative opportunities in the future with more
powerful tools that allow people to do that," he said.
Zuckerberg emphasized how AI tools could be used
to increase the productivity of creators on Facebook and Instagram,
tailoring much of the conversation toward social media influencers.
It is worth noting Zuckerberg fell short of addressing the
ethical qualms about artificial intelligence tools.
Zuckerberg's Meta
is looking to
push the capabilities of AI tech,
notably in
their Ray-Ban sunglasses,
which may soon
have a holographic display
Credit:
Youtube /
Meta
As AI tech continues to develop, more creatives than ever are
speaking out about AI learning from their work without their
consent.
Outrage erupted when Adobe changed its terms of use, which were
interpreted to mean that the company was training AI on users' work.
(Adobe has since re-issued the terms).
Much of the concern lies in the functionality of generative AI
models - so-called because they "generate" content by learning from
huge datasets that are often scraped from the Internet.
The AI-generated response may mimic the style of real artists.
In fact, users can submit prompts such as an
artist's name to return results in a desired style.
What are the arguments
against AI?
Artificial intelligence is
a highly contested issue, and it seems everyone has a stance
on it.
Here are some common arguments against it:
-
Loss of jobs
Some industry experts argue that AI
will create new niches in the job market, and as some
roles are eliminated, others will appear.
However, many artists and writers
insist the argument is ethical, as generative AI tools
are being trained on their work and wouldn't function
otherwise.
-
Ethics
When AI is trained on a dataset, much
of the content is taken from the Internet.
This is almost always, if not
exclusively, done without notifying the people whose
work is being taken.
-
Privacy
Content from personal social media
accounts may be fed to language models to train them.
Concerns have cropped up as Meta
unveils its AI assistants across platforms like Facebook
and Instagram.
There have been legal challenges to
this: in 2016, legislation was created to protect
personal data in the EU, and similar laws are in the
works in the United States.
-
Misinformation
As AI tools pulls information from
the Internet, they may take things out of context or
suffer hallucinations that produce nonsensical answers.
Tools like Copilot on Bing and
Google's generative AI in search are always at risk of
getting things wrong.
Some critics argue this could have
lethal effects - such as AI prescribing the wrong health
information.
"Basically, we want to build more tools that
just enable more people, including people who don't consider
themselves creators today," Zuckerberg said.
He failed to mention how this could come at the
expense of those who put time into crafting the work AI trains on,
saying there will be "more creative jobs" in the future.
The argument that AI will eliminate jobs has featured strongly in
debates about its applications.
But Zuckerberg seems adamant that the tools can -
and will - be used for "good"...
"I think everyone is creative in some way,"
he said.
"The challenge is how to remain one when you
grow up. And I think part of what we want to do is build the
tools that allow everyone to do that."
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