Oct 15, 2020

🤖 State of AI 2020 / Inside Palantir / Sam Altman on GPT-3

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Artificial Intelligence Weekly

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This week: the state of AI 2020, inside Palantir, and Sam Altman on how GPT-3 is shaping our AI future.

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Inside Palantir, Silicon Valley’s Most Secretive Unicorn | New York Magazine

An inside look at how Palantir got its start — and whether its proprietary technology is more smoke and mirrors than crystal ball.

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AI ethics groups are repeating one of society’s classic mistakes | MIT Technology Review

Too many councils and advisory boards still consist mostly of people based in Europe or the United States.

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Waymo Expands Driverless Service in Phoenix | Morning Brew

The self-driving car company is celebrating a big first, as it opens its driverless ride-hail service, Waymo One, to the general public in metro Phoenix.

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AI Democratization in the Era of GPT-3 | The Gradient

What does Microsoft getting an “exclusive license” to GPT-3 mean for the future of AI democratization?

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🎧 How GPT-3 is shaping our AI future | Exponential View Podcast

Azeem Azhar gets together with OpenAI’s boss, Sam Altman to discuss GPT-3 from an insider’s point of view. According to Sam, GPT-3 is powerful, but a small step towards the holy grail of AI research, AGI.

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