The largest companies in the technology world are joining efforts
for the future of artificial intelligence.
Amazon, DeepMind of Google, Facebook, IBM and Microsoft will
work together on issues such as privacy, security and cooperation between
people. I called Partnership for Artificial Intelligence, it will also involve
external experts.
"We have seen a very rapid development of IA within a
fairly short period," said Prof Yoshua Bengio, from the University of
Montreal. "This field brings exciting opportunities for companies and
public organizations. Yet it raises legitimate questions about how these
developments are progressing. "
Bringing all the best players together will be "the
best way" to ensure that we will all share the same values and overall
objectives to serve the common good, "he added.
Apparent absence in the lineup makes Apple. It has been
discussed by the group to join 'soon', per one of the members.
"IA has great potential to improve many aspects of
life, ranging from health, education, transportation, automation of many
processes ... We hope to maximize this potential to benefit more people,"
said one of the researchers of Allen Institute of Artificial Intelligence.
While the technology is developing too, are raising concerns
on how it will be used.
The chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk, said the development
of artificial technology "is potentially more dangerous than nuclear
weapons."
