#10: The state of AI with IBM's Chief Scientist - Ruchir Puri

I sat down with Dr. Ruchir Puri, the chief scientist of IBM Research, for a wide-ranging discussion on the state of AI today. We talk about everything from AGI and X-risk to reliability in language models, the viability of agents and the pending economic impact of the technology. 

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Outline: 

0:00 – Intro 
3:16 – The pace of improvement
8:56 – Unraveling ‘AGI’
14:47 – The inflection point of AI agents
21:54 – Thinking about reliability
26:14 – The economic implications of AI 
32:37 – Is AI like the Industrial Revolution? 
38:29 – How useful is AI, actually? 
43:57 – Existential risk 

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#10: The state of AI with IBM's Chief Scientist - Ruchir Puri