True progress toward AGI requires reliability, understanding, and adaptation
By Thomas MacaulayMany leaders in the AI space argue that the arrival of artificial general intelligence (AGI) is imminent. In March, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared it…
Author: Thomas Macaulay
Thomas is a freelance tech reporter who has covered AI for nearly a decade. He was previously managing editor of The Next Web, a Financial Times company. In his free time, he likes playing chess (badly) and basketball (even worse). You can reach him at thomas.s.r.macaulay@gmail.com
Why journalists are worried about who controls the future of AI
By Thomas MacaulayJournalists are supposed to hold power to account, and they’re deeply uneasy about who controls AGI. That’s the key finding from the inaugural Spark Hunter…
Could small language models turn AGI into a society of collaborating agents?
By Thomas MacaulayFor decades, the search for artificial intelligence has centered on scale. The prevailing wisdom is that bigger models, more data, and ever-increasing compute would provide…
Agentic AGI will create a cage for identity — unless we design for human unpredictability
By Thomas MacaulayAlgorithms already know us eerily well. They show us social posts that appeal to our innermost instincts, ads that tap into our deepest desires, and…
Hidden human labor is distorting perceptions of AGI
By Thomas MacaulayAt a Warner Bros studio near Hollywood in the fall of 2024, Tesla staged a glitzy showcase of its AI progress. Acting as master of…
Can consciousness make AI safer?
By Thomas MacaulayFor decades, science fiction has taught us to fear conscious AI, portraying machines that become unpredictable, hostile, or uncontrollable. But some researchers argue the opposite….