We are making great strides on AI adoption, but new investment is largely AGI focused. This is surprising, since luminaries have been walking back their timelines. And future science may be at risk.
Progress of artificial general intelligence could stall, which may lead to a financial crash, says Yoshua Bengio, one of the ‘godfathers’ of modern AI
by Dan Milmo Datacentres and industrial complexes used by Google, Microsoft and Amazon in Medemblik, the Netherlands. Photograph: Merten Snijders/Getty Will the race to artificial general intelligence (AGI) lead us to a land of financial plenty – or will it end in a 2008-style bust? Trillions of dollars rest on the answer.