An AI pioneer says the technology is 'limited' and won't replace humans soon (nbcnews.com)

> The researcher-turned-educator-turned-investor

This is enough qualification to discard the opinion of this individual on any topic, but especially artificial intelligence. To wit:

> "I think for a lot of AI models, the benefit is so much greater than the harm," he said. "The death of any single person is absolutely tragic," Ng added, referencing recent suicides that allegedly involved the use of AI. "At the same time, I am nervous about one or two anecdotes leading to stifling regulations."

This guy is just here to water down the kool-aid so everyone can take a drink.

You know what the biggest problem with pushing all-things-Al is? Wrong direction.

I want Al to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for Al to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.

- Joanna Maciejewska

Soon depends on how many years you are talking but things will probably go quite quickly now we have fast hardware and algorithms that almost work.

Id liken the smartest AI to a savant like 10 year old that has multiple university degrees.

Smart, but they're still 10, still naive and easily misled and they can't be trusted to make real decisions.

They'll need an Adult in the loop if ever doing real work.

Human jobs are already getting displaced by ai.