Source: The Verge
Summary
Richard Socher’s new startup, AI21 Labs, has secured $650 million in funding to develop an AI that can research and improve itself indefinitely. Socher claims the AI will be able to ship products, setting it apart from other AI research initiatives. The startup aims to create a self-improving AI that can learn and adapt without human intervention.
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The launch follows a familiar script.
AI21 Labs promises an AI that can research and improve itself indefinitely, because what could possibly go wrong with that idea. The startup has secured a whopping $650 million in funding to make this vision a reality. Richard Socher insists that this AI will actually ship products, which is a bold claim considering the history of AI research initiatives. The self-improving AI is supposed to learn and adapt without human intervention, because we all know how well that’s worked out in the past. This sounds like the plot of a sci-fi movie, but Socher is dead serious.
Author: Evan Null
