@elonmusk: Specialist AI’s (single language, single area of knowledge) are another 100X
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Elon Musk asserts that specialist AIs with a single language and area of knowledge can achieve 100x gains in intelligence, validating a previous prediction.
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Specialist AI’s (single language, single area of knowledge) are another 100X
Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic): Elon Musk’s January 6 Moonshots podcast prediction of 100x gains in intelligence at a fixed model size was at the edge of plausibility when made, now it’s simply a fact. What next?
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