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AGI may emerge from agent societies, not single minds · 4 sources tracked

The concept of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) may not manifest as a singular, all-encompassing mind, but rather emerge from the collective capabilities of numerous specialized agents. These agents could possess diverse attributes, processing abilities, and constraints that surpass human limitations, potentially including sensory inputs beyond human perception or the capacity to hold vast amounts of information in active memory. This distributed model of intelligence suggests that the sum of these agents' capacities could exceed that of any single, general-purpose AI. AI

IMPACT Suggests a shift in thinking about AGI development, moving from a singular 'mind' to a collective of specialized agents.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses a conceptual framing of AGI's potential emergence, drawing on an essay from Google DeepMind, rather than announcing a new model or research breakthrough.

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AGI may emerge from agent societies, not single minds · 4 sources tracked

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COVERAGE [4]

  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    “ #Agents will potentially be far more diverse than #humans and operate with different capabilities and constraints. They might process a sensory input we lack,

    “ #Agents will potentially be far more diverse than #humans and operate with different capabilities and constraints. They might process a sensory input we lack, hold a thousand-page mathematical proof in their working memory, or converse simultaneously with many other agents.” #A…

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    “ #AGI may arrive not as a single general-purpose #mind , but rather through societies of #agents whose collective capacities exceed those of any one model” #AI

    “ #AGI may arrive not as a single general-purpose #mind , but rather through societies of #agents whose collective capacities exceed those of any one model” #AI institute.deepmind.com/essays/artif... Artificial symbiotic intellige...

  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    “ #Agents will potentially be far more diverse than #humans and operate with different capabilities and constraints. They might process a sensory input we lack,

    “ #Agents will potentially be far more diverse than #humans and operate with different capabilities and constraints. They might process a sensory input we lack, hold a thousand-page mathematical proof in their working memory, or converse simultaneously with many other agents.” #A…

  4. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    “ #AGI may arrive not as a single general-purpose #mind , but rather through societies of #agents whose collective capacities exceed those of any one model” #AI

    “ #AGI may arrive not as a single general-purpose #mind , but rather through societies of #agents whose collective capacities exceed those of any one model” #AI institute.deepmind.com/essays/artif... Artificial symbiotic intellige...