Mar 15, 2023

Exploring Language Models, Qualia, Higher-Level Cognition, and Responsible AI with Yoshua Bengio

Join us as we explore the fascinating topics of language models, qualia, higher-level cognition, causality, GFlow Nets, responsible AI, and human creativity with Yoshua Bengio. We'll also delve into the line between conscious and unconscious, attention in the brain, and more.

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Pieter Abbeel

Professor at Berkeley; Founder of Covariant & Gradescope; The Robot Brains Podcast Host; Investment Partner at AIX Ventures

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Super-excited to kick off S3 of @therobotbrains podcast with Yoshua Bengio. We discuss LLMs, Higher-Level Cognition, Causality, GFlow Nets, Responsible AI, Human Creativity. https://t.co/348JllGwr1
— Pieter Abbeel (@pabbeel) March 15, 2023
Direct links to some of my favorite parts:

-- language models, from early neural models till LLMs today:https://t.co/f9Rsz8jihk

-- qualia and word embeddings:https://t.co/UxXECdRkpm

-- will just scaling up be enough?https://t.co/CBP3PKAyyA
— Pieter Abbeel (@pabbeel) March 15, 2023
-- escaping the need for very large data:https://t.co/EHDOmy9ocf

-- higher-level cognition, attention, working memory, conscious thinking, causality:https://t.co/okwHaNcYGJ

-- smart animals who don't have language, evolution favoring reasoning:https://t.co/m6vn89sZhW
— Pieter Abbeel (@pabbeel) March 15, 2023
-- line between conscious and unconscious, attention in the brain:https://t.co/15SQy046h7

-- gflow networks:https://t.co/4Rt60ZSkdH

-- impact of AI: discovering new cures, responsible AI:https://t.co/NCgW5merjU
— Pieter Abbeel (@pabbeel) March 15, 2023
-- brain is more creative when walking:https://t.co/xBckV7oGeW

-- Yoshua: from kid to AI pioneer, importance of collaboration, confidence, freedom, "why?"https://t.co/euZy1CdLnX
— Pieter Abbeel (@pabbeel) March 15, 2023
Links on other platforms:

Apple: https://t.co/MI9hPLIVIr
Spotify: https://t.co/KI9lofY7t3
Amazon: https://t.co/PqNT0ZTBjd
Google: https://t.co/I3qAryu49a
Acast: https://t.co/3XH0tO6s2X
— Pieter Abbeel (@pabbeel) March 15, 2023
A special thank you to @IndexVentures and @weights_biases for supporting the production of the podcast 🙏🙏🙏
— Pieter Abbeel (@pabbeel) March 15, 2023