[cj]

> safe, accessible way of testing them.

And once validated, sell to the military?

> Ultimately, our research is building towards more general AI systems and agents that can understand and safely carry out a wide range of tasks in a way that is helpful to people online and in the real world.

This makes me nervous.

I hope AI agents that take actions in the real world are regulated at least as much as self-driving cars have been over the last decade. Or at least AI agents that interact in public spaces.

[bogwog]

> And once validated, sell to the military?

Can't wait to see the leaked footage of war crimes showing robots murdering civilians and teabagging their corpses

[jamesdwilson]

    DeepMind> kill dissidents

[dist-epoch]

You don't need AI for that, look at Russia, Saudi Arabia, ...

[jamesdwilson]

touché. the real power is the ability to blame the computer, isn't it?

[klabb3]

I mean they already are, just look at that announcement

> Ultimately, [..]

I swear this short paragraph style rounding it off with an “ultimately”, “in conclusion” didn’t use to be so common. :

Ai is already strongly influencing how people write. After being successfully deployed for a year.