The Truth about AI 1/3 - 2023 Christmas Lectures with Mike Wooldridge
AI Summary
- Introduction
- Mike Waldrich, a human studying AI, introduces Adah, an artist robot painting his portrait.
- The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI, explore AI’s capabilities and development.
- Human Brain and AI
- The human brain, with 86 billion neurons, is the most complex organ.
- AI’s dream is to recreate human intelligence, using devices like IPUs with 60 billion transistors.
- Bionic Arm and AI
- Sarah, who lost limbs in an accident, uses a bionic arm powered by AI.
- The arm learns from muscle twitches and predicts movements, improving with use.
- Alan Turing and AI
- Alan Turing, a pioneer in computing and AI, proposed the Turing Test to measure machine intelligence.
- A live Turing Test is conducted with volunteers and an AI, challenging the audience to identify the human.
- AI Learning and neural-networks
- AI learns through supervised and unsupervised learning, using large datasets.
- Neural networks, inspired by the brain, are key to AI’s functioning.
- Simple neural network demonstrations show how AI can make decisions.
- Language Models and AI
- Large language models like ChatGPT use vast amounts of data to predict text sequences.
- Words and sentences are reduced to vectors in multidimensional space for AI to process.
- AI and Animal Communication
- AI could potentially decipher animal communication by finding patterns in large datasets.
- Project SETI aims to understand sperm whale communication using AI.
- Conclusion
- AI’s presence in daily life is significant, with applications in various fields to be explored in the next lecture.
- Adah the robot completes Mike’s portrait, showcasing AI’s creative abilities.