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ABC News
18 hours ago
- Science
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Artificial General Intelligence
JOSEPH BRONIO, REPORTER: Will AI permanently destroy humanity? It's a science fiction concept that's been explored in Hollywood many times over the decades. HUGH JACKMAN AS VINCENT MOORE IN CHAPPIE: The problem with artificial intelligence is it's way too unpredictable. More recently, though, it's been a real question on the mind of many experts around the world, and a risk that many say should be at the forefront of developers mind. When you look at how fast AI Tech has developed over just the last few years. You can't help but wonder where we'll be in the next few years. AI GENERATED CHARACTER: Where were you on the night of the bubble bath? And according to Google DeepMind, the company which made the AI tech responsible for what you're watching right now, the next big step will be to a level known as artificial general Intelligence, or AGI, which is… XUEYIN ZHA, ANU AI RESEARCHER: I'm trying to find a very crisp definition, but it just isn't really there because people disagree on it. To be very honest with you, it's more of a marketing term by tech giants. What it usually means is that it's something that is so intelligent that is able to excel at all domains of intelligence and exceeds human ability in all of those domains. And so not just any specific reasoning task, but spatial, logical, emotional intelligence, decision making, and even physical execution as well. In a report released in April, researchers from Google DeepMind outlined their belief that AGI could cause severe harm, including potentially the permanent destruction of humanity. And they're not the only ones with these concerns. In fact, around 600 AI scientists and Big Tech names, including the likes of Bill Gates and Sam Altman, signed the statement on AI risk in 2023 amid growing concerns facing humanity from this tech. And last year, open AI safety researcher Daniel Cocatalyst quit his job, claiming that the company was being reckless in its pursuit of AGI. None of the concern has slowed down development, though. Many companies like Google Deep Mind and Open AI are confident they will create AGI in some form by about 2030 and other companies like Anthropic say it could even be within six months. But if the companies believe there is such a huge risk to humanity, why are they rushing to develop it? XUEYIN ZHA: Realistically speaking, you know it's kind of already has its own momentum. Even if you stop people who don't even work for a tech giant might just go home and tweak an open weight model and figure something out. Yeah, the ship has sailed. At this point, you might be wondering how AGI will doom us all and well, not even the Google Deep Mind report could say exactly. Instead, it lists four major categories of risk. Misuse when people intentionally use it for harm. Misalignments when the system develops unintended, harmful behaviour. Mistakes from design or training flaws and Structural Risks from the ways different organisations or AI systems interact with each other. But these are all risks we already have with the language model base, or LM, AI of today. XUEYIN ZHA: They couldn't even imagine what the consequences of AGI in particular is, other than "ohh, what LM is already doing". That means there are already lots of safety regulations and guardrails in place for those risks, but AGI is a tricky field to predict. While entrepreneurs and companies say AGI is just around the corner — and are pouring billions of dollars into scaling or growing their large language models to create it — AI scientists from around the world haven't been able to agree on when we will see AGI in reality, if we will ever see AGI in reality with the current methods we have now or even what it will be to begin with. And while that means that there could be some unexpected existential risks… ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AS THE TERMINATOR: I'll be back. … probably not like that — there could also be massive benefits for humanity and experts like Xueyin say that's what we should be focusing on. XUEYIN ZHA: For high schoolers, I think it will be really important for them to not inherit some of the fears that older generations might have. It'd be interesting for them to think more about how they could shape society with AI right? So, there's a lot of AI native skills or AI native working styles that are actually happening, and I think they actually face, you know, even more opportunities because they grow up, AI native. It will get rid of some existing jobs for sure, but it will also open up new job areas, some of some of which we haven't even imagined. I think whether you're worried or excited depends on how curious you are and how open minded you are. If we really lean into AI with an open mind, we'll see that it actually helps us liberate our human capability more.
Digital Trends
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Digital Trends
Call of Duty is back with Black Ops 7, and it releases later this year
It's that time of year again: at Sunday's Xbox Games Showcase 2025, Call of Duty announced Black Ops 7, one of the most futuristic entries in the series yet. The trailer starts off with a guided tour of a cutting-edge weapons facility, presented by a talking robot that looks like it escaped the set of Chappie. And when the camera finally focuses on the face of the character, we see David Mason, the protagonist of Black Ops II. After touching a display, Mason sees a series of shifting landscapes, from an overgrown area riddled with shipping containers to a cityscape unfolding like something from Inception. Recommended Videos The YouTube description reads, 'The year is 2035 and the world is on the brink of chaos, ravaged by violent conflict and psychological warfare following the events of Black Ops 2 and Black Ops 6. Wielding cutting-edge technology, the Black Ops team led by David Mason must fight back against a manipulative enemy who weaponizes fear above all else.' The Black Ops 7 reveal was largely cinematic and revealed little in the way of gameplay, but the last few seconds of the trailer show what looks to be another iteration of Warzone, Call of Duty's battle royale mode. You can see a large area with four players dropping in through the use of wingsuits. Characters are seen appearing out of thin air through the use of stealth technology. If Black Ops 7 follows the patterns set by its predecessors, the game will have an interesting single-player campaign supported by extensive multiplayer modes that will keep you immersed long after you've explored every nook and cranny. As of now, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 doesn't have a release date. However, Activision says the game will launch in 2025, so you can look for it sometime within the next six months.
