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Welcome to SV-AI (Silicon Valley - Accelerates Innovation), my newsletter focused on the responsible development and deployment of innovations strengthening California's global competitive edge. Please subscribe to receive upcoming editions. Here, I’ll share tech policy news and leadership insights that you need to know and how technologies, like Artificial Intelligence, are being used in real life.
AI 101
In past editions, I’ve shared research on the growing demand for AI skilled workers. Today, I thought I’d share some free online courses to help you up-level your AI connected skillset and understanding of this powerful technology.
A huge shout out to Fortune for the recommendations! Please share in the comments if you have completed any of these courses or perhaps if there are others that you would suggest.
UC San Diego’s AI Turing Test
With AI rapidly advancing, the Department of Cognitive Science at UC San Diego decided to test whether people can distinguish between ChatGPT and a human when interacting online. The controlled test (based on the famous Alan Turing test) saw 500 participants engage in a five-minute online conversation with either a human or one of three AI systems. Afterwards, they were asked to explain if they thought they were speaking with a human or AI.
The results indicated that AI has improved to the point where it can be difficult to know what is AI and what is human. I think the study underscores the need for transparency when using AI. In order to build and maintain trust with customers, organizations will need to make it clear when someone is interacting with AI versus talking to another human, especially as models continue to advance.
Read the whole story in TechRadar.
New AI Startup Focuses on Safety
OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever made waves this week when he announced his newest venture. The former chief scientist at OpenAI launched a new company, Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), which aims to prioritize safety over commercialization.
Unlike OpenAI, the startup will follow a for-profit model. But Sutskever said the focus will be to avoid “distraction by management overhead or product cycles” so that the company can “scale in peace.”
The AI startup space is continuing to explode, making competition for venture capital fierce.
Business Insider picked the brains of leading venture capitalists to find out what they are looking for when investing. According to those investors, startups focused on infrastructure, unstructured data, and revolutionizing software development will turn the most heads in the current market.
It will be interesting to see if these start up founders are afforded the space to "scale in peace" though my experience is that market and investor demands, particularly for rapidly evolving technologies, do not often have such flexibility (absent significant capital raised and/or a very comfortable runway).
IMF Releases AI Preparedness Index
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently reviewed how prepared different parts of the world are for artificial intelligence. The index analyzed 174 economies based on their digital infrastructure, human capital, labor policies, innovation, integration and regulation.
The results show a widening gap between wealthier nations and those with less developed economies.
In his latest post, SVLG’s SVP Peter-Leroe Muñoz explains, “Wealthier nations will likely feel the most labor disruption from artificial intelligence, largely because they have more jobs that can be replaced by the technology. On the flipside, they are better positioned to reap the productivity and industry-creating gains of the innovation. Lower-income nations have fewer skilled-jobs to be impacted by AI, but also fewer opportunities to capture its enhancements.”
The report concludes – and I wholeheartedly agree – by advising policymakers in advanced economies to focus on investing in training for workers and prioritizing AI innovation and integration.
AI IRL
The City of San Jose got the Wall Street Journal treatment this week for its embrace of AI to make government more effective. Khaled Tawfik, San Jose’s chief information officer, sat down with reporter James Hagarty to shed light on how the city is approaching the use of AI – from identifying potholes to drafting memos to interacting with citizens.
I highly recommend you give it a read for many reasons.
