[Lingtyp] Future of AI, Simulating Reality...

[Slavomír Čéplö]

Dear Emily, dear all,

thank you very much for your message, I second it whole heartedly,
especially the part about Lex Fridman’s podcast.

Best,

Slavomír

El dj 7. 8. 2025 a les 8:25 Emily M. Bender via Lingtyp <
lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> va escriure:

> Dear all,
>
> I would hope that few on the lingtyp mailing list would fall for the "AI
> hype" going around, let alone the idea that someone as deep in the sauce of
> "AGI" mania as Hassabis would have anything insightful to tell us about how
> language works. Also, in case you're not familiar, Lex Fridman's podcast is
> an absolute cesspool.
>
> Emily
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM Stela MANOVA via Lingtyp <
> lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> I would like to draw your attention to an interview with Demis Hassabis, CEO
>> of Google DeepMind and recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
>> The interview is featured on Lex Fridman’s podcast and is titled “Future
>> of AI, Simulating Reality, Physics and Video Games”, available here:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HzgcbRXUK8&t=860s
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HzgcbRXUK8&t=860s__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!iHdE8g7J-P8Yd_hBcvQ5UAPPihBQxEJVsgU1qvmrjEw8OZWPAn0RrlY4qokR0GuqMziqVW-_eUUfe44BLb-faxIeprr-hNp_TA$>
>> .
>>
>> Although the conversation does not focus specifically on language, it
>> offers valuable insights into large language models (LLMs), particularly
>> how they can model language without possessing linguistic
>> competence—relying instead on patterns derived from observation.
>>
>> Notably, many computer scientists consider LLMs to represent the first
>> and most accessible step toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Stela Manova, PI Gauss:AI Global
>>
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