Emerging AGIs: Early 2024 Playing Field

AGI is not here … just yet. [*BLOGPOST IN PROGRESS – CHECK BACK FOR DAILY UPDATES!* (AJM, Tuesday, May 14, 2024; 0200 Hawai’i Time)] But – it’s getting close. Very, VERY close. What’s interesting – and important to all of us – is that there is no “singular” AGI, and it’s important to make this… Continue reading Emerging AGIs: Early 2024 Playing Field

Pivoting to AGI: What to Read/Watch/Do This Weekend

We are moving from a generative-AI era to an AGI era. What that means – in the simplest technical terms – is that we’re pivoting from “single-algorithm systems” to systems that must – intrinsically – involve multiple major subsystems, and multiple control structures. We’re closing out a 50-year connectionist AI era. This era began with… Continue reading Pivoting to AGI: What to Read/Watch/Do This Weekend

It Might All Come Down to Rare Earths

Jensen Huang’s keynote talk at NVIDIA GTC last week was very likely the tip of the iceberg. Demand for processing units is going up. Going CRAZY up. NVIDIA’s new product releases and recent stock price upsurges reflect that. But NVIDIA is not the only chip-maker in the US. The Biden Administration has been investing …… Continue reading It Might All Come Down to Rare Earths