Generative AI and how to regulate the tech dominated the discussions at the 2024 World Economic Forum; the UN Secretary-General said AI poses risks to societies
and won't — change health care Katyanna Quach / The Register : Energy breakthrough needed to build AGI, says OpenAI boss Altman Andrea Rizzi / El País : Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta: ‘Human-level artificial intelligence is going to take a long time’ Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search : Goat Trading: AI at Davos Larry Elliott / The Guardian : Big tech firms recklessly pursuing profits from AI, says UN head Rise & Shine \u2600 : Davos 2024 - Where AI Shapes the Future Financial Times : Mistral becomes the talk of Davos as business leaders seek AI gains World Economic Forum : Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella, on AI and limiting ‘unintended consequences’ World Economic Forum : AI and education: Kids need AI guidance in school. But who guides the schools? World Economic Forum : On-device AI would democratise GenAI and ensure inclusive participation in the economy World Economic Forum : AI Governance Alliance: Briefing Paper Series World Economic Forum : Davos 2024: Special Address by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations World Economic Forum : The AI Governance Alliance's debut report lays out strategies for equitable AI Katja Abrahams-Lehner / ETH Zurich : Honouring Yann LeCun: Benjamin Grewe Speaks at the 2023 Global Swiss AI Award Ceremony The Guardian : Casting their shadow: how Trump, Putin and AI dominated talk at Davos World Economic Forum : AI - artificial intelligence - at Davos 2024: Here's what to know CNBC : Generative AI dominates Davos discussions as companies focus on accuracy New York Times : The Top Takeaways From Davos World Economic Forum on YouTube : Technology in a Turbulent World | Davos 2024 | World Economic Forum Ina Fried / Axios : At Davos, businesses look to move from talk to action on AI Kate Whiting / World Economic Forum : Davos 2024: Sam Altman on the future of AI Alison Snyder / Axios : In Davos, divided optimism about AI Wall Street Journal : Altman and Nadella Talk AI at Davos Amanda Ruggeri / BBC : Davos 2024: Can - and should - leaders aim to regulate AI directly? James Mackintosh / Wall Street Journal : AI Is the Talk of Davos. Is It Time to Sell? Threads: Yann LeCun / @yannlecun : A great interview of Nick Clegg and me in El Païs about AI. We discuss the limits of current technology, the necessity of building human-level AI assistants, and the regulation debates. https://english.elpais.com/... Yann LeCun / @yannlecun : The mood in Davos: - everyone talks about AI. - almost no one talks about existential risks - everyone knows that open source AI platforms are a very good thing (everyone is using them). - people are worried about the potential of AI-generated fake videos in upcoming elections. Ian Bremmer / @ianbremmer : openai's sam altman in davos on ai: “it will change the world much less than we all think and it will change jobs much less than we all think” respectfully, i disagree (case in point: social media has changed society much more than we all expected and has had far less impact on how we think and engage with society than ai will in very short order...) David Kwong / @davidkwong : I have a brand new show on magic, technology, and AI, and look who volunteered for the trick with ChatGPT! Sam Altman @sama, CEO of OpenAI. Crazy! This is the kind of thing that could only happen at the World Economic Forum in Davos. A big thank you to @bcg for having me speak about technology and perform magic with AI. … Bluesky: Ben Williamson / @benpatrickwill.bsky.social : Of all the bonkers arguments for pumping AI into education at Davos this week, Partovi's is the most. As if collective, historically accumulated, culturally valued knowledge should be discarded because STEM www.forbes.com/sites/marlen... [image] Ketan Joshi / @ketanjoshi.co : The actual trajectory here is so infuriatingly obvious — AI only grows to serve the needs of corporate enshittification - but that's still a huge rise — No ‘energy breakthrough’ meets this need: it'll either be more fossil fuels, or it'll divert new wind and solar from cutting down on fossil fuels [image] X: @eth_en : At the WEF in Davos, AI pioneer @ylecun was awarded the Global Swiss AI Award 2023. ETH Zurich professor Benjamin Grewe gave the laudatory speech, representing the @ETH_AI_Center. https://ee.ethz.ch/... Paris Marx / @parismarx : Disappointing to see the UN Secretary General say AI has “enormous potential for sustainable development.” It's another bullshit tech solution that distracts from real climate action by promising a magic technofix. The UN needs to stop falling for this. https://www.theguardian.com/ ... Isabella Lövin / @isabellalovin : Sam Altman on OpenAI stress: “As the world gets closer to very powerful AI I expect more strange things. A higher level of preparation, more time spent thinking about all the strange ways things can go wrong, that's really important.” Watch whole panel👇🏻 https://www.weforum.org/... @squawkcnbc : .@Qualcomm CEO @cristianoamon shares his focus on the promise of AI: [video] Cristiano R. Amon / @cristianoamon : Thanks to everyone at @SquawkCNBC for having me on at #wef24 in Davos to speak about how @Qualcomm is leading the generative #AI revolution. Ina Fried / @inafried : Once again AI was the talk of the @wef in Davos. But the conversation was a far more nuanced one. https://www.axios.com/... @axios : In Davos, the divide in optimism about AI echoes broader concerns about how innovations are implemented and the role of scientists in releasing new technologies. https://www.axios.com/... Marc Benioff / @benioff : Corporate integrity is on the line in the AI era. The unfolding AI revolution offers an unprecedented chance for tech giants to show their true colors. Engaging with Bloomberg's Brad Stone at Davos, we delved into AI's transformative potential on business. The future is now.... Yann LeCun / @ylecun : Very honored to have received the 2023 Global Swiss AI Award in Davos. The ceremony took place in the Davos city hall in the presence of the mayor and involved me playing a kind of Swiss cowbell glockenspiel. https://ee.ethz.ch/... Cristiano R. Amon / @cristianoamon : .@Qualcomm is leading the way with on-device #AI — from mobile to PCs to auto and beyond. I had a great conversation about this and more with @YahooFinance at #wef24 in @davos. @bloombergtv : Bill Gates says AI is the biggest productivity advance in our lifetime. “The world will be richer, work less and have more,” he says during a discussion at Bloomberg House on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland https://www.bloomberg.com/... [video] Marc Benioff / @benioff : Blown away by @sama's visionary take on AI's future at Davos. It feels that GPT-5's upcoming leap in sophistication signals a transformative era. The full panel offers a brilliant glimpse into tomorrow's tech: Watch the full panel here: https://www.youtube.com/... [video] @nikkeiasia : Generative AI regulation dominates the conversation at Davos — Finding common language with China will be difficult, European Commission official says https://asia.nikkei.com/... Nick Clegg / @nickclegg : At the World Economic Forum in freezing Davos this week, it's all about AI. It's clear the debate has matured: from a focus on existential threat, to the more immediate impact of AI, especially around elections [video] Aaron Slodov / @aphysicist : Milei's 2024 Davos talk, directly translated to English by AI (by heygen), in his own accent. Better than the dubbed version imo. [video] LinkedIn: Shea Brown : António Guterres takes aim at Big Tech and warns of generative AI dangers while speaking in Davos. … Stefan Bauschard : This is an important short article, and something I keep trying to explain to people. It will take AI awhile, absent unexpected breakthroughs, to get to full human-level intelligence. …