Nick Bostrom

Like an AI that you ask a question and it gives an answer.

Like an AI that you ask a question and it gives an answer.

This is kind of similar to what these large language models have in effect been.

This is kind of similar to what these large language models have in effect been.

They don't really do anything, but they answer questions.

They don't really do anything, but they answer questions.

And so this is like one template.

And so this is like one template.

A D&E would be some task executing AI.

A D&E would be some task executing AI.

So you give it a particular task and it performs the task.

So you give it a particular task and it performs the task.

These types of systems are currently in development.

These types of systems are currently in development.

Maybe we'll see this year more agent-like systems being released.

Maybe we'll see this year more agent-like systems being released.

Already, just actually, I think last week, OpenAI released Codex, which is a sort of coding agent that you can assign a programming task and it goes off and starts mucking around with your code base and hopefully solves the task.

Already, just actually, I think last week, OpenAI released Codex, which is a sort of coding agent that you can assign a programming task and it goes off and starts mucking around with your code base and hopefully solves the task.

And you could imagine this being generalized maybe in a few years to physical tasks with robots that can do the laundry or sweep the driveway or do like these things.

And you could imagine this being generalized maybe in a few years to physical tasks with robots that can do the laundry or sweep the driveway or do like these things.