Meta's new AI is skilled at a ruthless, power-seeking game

  • Leader
    December 6, 2022 2:24 PM PST
     
    Researchers at Meta, Facebook’s parent company, have unveiled an artificial intelligence model, named Cicero after the Roman statesman, that demonstrates skills of negotiation, trickery and forethought. More frequently than not, it wins at Diplomacy, a complex, ruthless strategy game where players forge alliances, craft battle plans and negotiate to conquer a stylized version of Europe. Cicero, released last week, was able to trick humans into thinking it was real, according to Meta, and can invite players to join alliances, and negotiate peace deals when needed.
    The model’s mastery of language surprised some scientists and its creators, who thought this level of sophistication was years away. But experts said its ability to withhold information, think multiple steps ahead of opponents and outsmart human competitors sparks broader concerns. This type of technology could be used to concoct smarter scams that extort people or create more convincing deep fakes.
     
    I think this is a bit over the top. I've seen enough movies about intelligent AI, like 2001 Space Odyssey, some Star Trek Next Gen episodes (The Borg, Data), The Terminator etc. What do you think? Should we be concerned or this is a nothing-burger?
  • Leader
    March 15, 2023 4:12 PM PDT
    It looks like Meta is going to layoff another 10000 workers.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/meta-to-lay-off-another-10-000-employees/ar-AA18G6bF />

    Meta has frozen its hiring to restructure the efforts and different departments. Zuckerberg says the process might take until the end of 2023 for the company’s headquarters in the US. After passing this transition period, Meta might begin hiring new employees again. The company’s tech departments will go through restructuring in late April, and business teams in late May.