The guest speaker discussed the need for ethical considerations when releasing AI models, emphasizing the importance of evaluating the potential impact before deployment. A staged release may be necessary to avoid negative consequences and ensure the technology is used responsibly.
AI developers must prioritize trust building to ensure the increasingly powerful technology is developed responsibly and potential negative consequences are considered. The danger of a race for AI development resulting in the closing and withholding of ideas is a possible threat to the field.
The incorporation of self-play in combination with other ideas such as deep learning is necessary to create an AGI system. Self-play allows systems to learn by exploring the world competitively against entities that have similar skill levels, leading to incremental improvement.