Why Meta Wants To Build Artificial General Intelligence — With Joelle Pineau
Big Technology Podcast
01/24/24
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Joelle Pineau is the head of Meta's AI Research division. She joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the company's recent proclamation that it intends to build Artificial General Intelligence, digging into how we get there and why it feels it must. In a wide-ranging discussion, we cover the latest research trends, the company's open-source practices, what actual products developers have been built with AI, video generation, and the reasons why NVIDIA chips are so in demand. Tune in for a deep dive into the world's most crucial technology from someone directing one of its most important research labs.
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