AI has long been on the agenda of Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: META), but the social technology and online advertising company bets all on it, not just about it. On Tuesday, Meta revealed that researchers will now have access to a new human-like AI model that can analyze and complete unfinished images with greater accuracy than existing models. . But despite all this AI talking, the metaverse is still up in the air.
Zuckerberg touts ‘incredible breakthrough’
At a conference last Thursday at the Hacker Square Pavilion at Meta’s Menlo Park headquarters, Zuckerberg explained the areas Meta is using generative AI, noting that last year the company did some incredible research. He emphasized that qualitative progress has been made.
new kind of training
Meta’s head of AI said that current artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT are about as smart as a dog, and that’s one of the limitations of generative AI like the ones created by Microsoft and ChatGPT’s Open AI. I was. LeCun found that the reason these models fall short of human intelligence is that they are trained only on language. That’s why Meta is also training its AI on a more difficult task: video.
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Unlike other generative AI models that only look at nearby pixels, Meta’s model uses background knowledge about the world to fill in gaps in the image. This approach, put forward by Yann LeCun, his head of AI at Meta, is human-like reasoning and helps the technology avoid common errors in AI-generated images, such as hands with extra fingers. .
Meta doesn’t believe AI is a threat
Meta executives ignored warnings about the potential dangers of further AI research, equating the risks to a pandemic and war, endorsed by heads of OpenAI, DeepMind, Microsoft and Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last month. refused to sign the statement. The letter has more than 31,000 signatures, including Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, who believes AI is one of the biggest risks to the future of civilization. It was Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR), believes the moratorium is due to the lack of products in stores. AI followers believe that he is very much in the AI race and that it only matters if he continues to win or concede defeat.
This discussion was perhaps best illustrated by Jack Atari at the Viva Tech conference on Wednesday. French economic and social theorists say AI is terrifying when used for evil purposes, such as developing weapons or fossil fuels, but when it is used to benefit medicine, education, and culture, it becomes a disaster. I simply said that it is possible. Microsoft CEO Satiana Della said he can no longer imagine life without AI and is very excited about the world AI can create.
AI is a step forward towards the metaverse
In addition to experimenting with AI tools internally, Meta plans to offer Instagram users tools that allow them to retouch photos via text prompts as they continue to build generative AI capabilities into all of their consumer products.
Meta has also introduced AI-generated stickers to Messenger, saying these are just the “tip of the iceberg” of what’s to come. Ahmad Aldar, his vice president of AI at Meta, explained that AI-generated stickers give users endless options for self-expression. Ardar added that the company “is also working on an AI model that transforms any image in any way you want,” including the ability to turn a photo into a painting. Meta certainly showcases his AI work in-house, but it still suffers from an identity crisis since changing its name from Facebook to his Meta, and the Metaverse is still far from reality. However, Zuckerberg said in his latest earnings call that a new focus on AI doesn’t mean Meta will abandon its Metaverse plans, and that the technology will be used in the development of virtual worlds, especially 3D in the Metaverse for now. Guaranteed to investors as it will be used to create visuals. , is still just words and ideas.
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