136 - AI Frontiers: The Physics of AI with Sébastien Bubeck

Podcasts are an excellent source of information, and in this episode of Microsoft Research, AI scientist and engineer Ashley Llorens engages in an insightful conversation with Sébastien Bubeck of Microsoft Research. The focus of this episode is the recent progress made in large-scale AI models such as GPT-4 and the implications this has for the field of artificial intelligence.

Bubeck, who leads the Machine Learning Foundations group at Microsoft Research, and his team conducted an extensive evaluation of GPT-4 while it was still in development, which prompted them to publish their findings in a paper that explored the model's capabilities and limitations. During the podcast, Bubeck notes that GPT-4 shows glimpses of artificial general intelligence which some see as a significant phase change for AI and an indication of accelerated progress to come.

Listeners also gain insights into the potential benefits AI could bring to areas such as healthcare and education, as well as concerns around how it is researched, understood, and deployed. As the first episode of the podcast series, AI Frontiers, the conversation between Llorens and Bubeck sets the tone for an informative and exciting series that will unravel the mystery behind the world-class innovations in AI technology.

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