Turing Announces Three New Offerings to
Enhance AI Model Capabilities at AGI Icons Event - Multimodality,
STEM Expertise, and Industry Domain Knowledge
PALO
ALTO, Calif., July 26,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Turing, the world's
fastest-growing AI-powered tech services company, hosted the second
installment in its AGI Icons thought-leadership series on
July 24 at SHACK15, San Francisco's exclusive hub for
entrepreneurs and tech innovators. As the centerpiece of the event,
Turing Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Jonathan Siddharth joined Quora Chief Executive
Officer, Adam D'Angelo for a deep
discussion on the future of artificial general intelligence (AGI)
and the critical role of human knowledge in its ongoing
development. The informative and thought-provoking fireside chat,
moderated by Anita Ramasway,
financial analysis columnist at The Information, provided a roadmap
for future AI advancements and highlighted insights for building
responsible AGI.
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The road to AGI is complex, and Turing AGI Icons offers a unique
opportunity to connect with the people driving rapid innovation and
advancements. By bringing together global leaders in AI and
understanding the iterative improvements of AGI development, more
people and businesses can responsibly adopt this evolving
technology. The Turing AGI Icons series has launched alongside the
company's rise as the leading resource for LLM training services
and generative AI solutions
"Our Turing AGI Icons series brings together visionary leaders
who are shaping the future of AGI and its impact on society,"
shared Jonathan Siddharth, Turing's
CEO and Co-founder. "We were delighted to have Adam D'Angelo join us for this event. His
insights on integrating human knowledge with AI are invaluable in
our mission to accelerate AGI advancement and deployment."
D'Angelo, who launched Poe—a platform connecting users with
diverse intelligent chatbots—shared his unique perspective on AI
assistants and their potential in advanced reasoning,
problem-solving, coding, and perhaps even making tasks more
enjoyable. He also discussed the future of AGI, including where the
most value will be created and advice for those building AGI models
and products.
Key insights and takeaways from Turing's second AGI Icons
event:
1. Defining AGI and its progression
from narrow AI
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- D'Angelo defined the concept of AGI as, "software that can do
everything a human can do." He envisions a future where AI improves
itself, eventually taking over complex human-tasks handled by
machine learning researchers.
- Siddharth views AGI as an "artificial brain" capable of diverse
tasks like "machine translation, complex queries, and coding". He
adds, "That's the distinction between AGI and more predictive AI
and narrow forms of ML that came before it. It feels like emergent
behavior."
2. AGI promises revenue and productivity
improvements for knowledge workers
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- Siddharth emphasized the broader impact of AGI, "This era of AI
is closer to biology than physics. All types of knowledge work will
improve. There's going to be so much more productivity unlocked
from this human population that we have."
- Siddharth speaks from experience, sharing a 10-fold personal
productivity increase when using AI tools. He also added, "At
Turing, we've rolled out copilots that saw a 33% lift in developer
productivity," hinting at even more significant potential.
- D'Angelo predicts that AGI will shift human roles rather than
eliminate them, leading to faster economic growth. "As this
technology gets more powerful, we'll get to a point where 90% of
what people are doing today is automated, but everyone will have
shifted into other things." He noted, "Right now, much of the world
economy is constrained by the number of people. Once we have AI at
the [AGI] level, we can grow the economy much faster."
3. We're entering the golden era of
software development
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- One of the most promising applications of AGI lies in software
development. "We're entering a golden era where one software
engineer can be ten times more productive, create more, and the
world will benefit more," Siddarth shared.
- He added, "Software engineering, marketing, finance, and
product management will see significant boosts from AI, giving
humans leverage across different industries like healthcare, life
sciences, retail, etc."
- But D'Angelo cautions that large language models (LLMs) and AGI
won't write all the code. Understanding software fundamentals
remains crucial, just as calculators didn't eliminate the need to
learn arithmetic. "Developers become more valuable when using these
models. The presence of LLMs is a positive for developer jobs and
there's going to be a lot of gains for developers."
4. AGI requires robust frameworks to
balance innovation with public safety
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- "We must address AGI challenges head-on by focusing on
capabilities over processes, generality and performance, and
potential rather than deployment," shared Siddharth
- Siddharth highlighted that the bottleneck for AGI progress is
now human intelligence rather than computing power or data. Human
expertise is crucial for fine-tuning and customizing AI models,
which is why Turing focuses on sourcing and matching top-tier tech
professionals to balance models with human intelligence.
5. Building in the era of AGI:
Advice for AI leaders
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- As AI research accelerates, the focus remains on balancing
ambition with realistic expectations. Siddharth and D'Angelo
stressed improving human-AGI interactions by learning how to use AI
models effectively, understanding the fundamentals, and viewing
them as learning devices rather than workforce replacements.
- Siddharth envisions everyone becoming a power user of LLMs,
believing that LLMs can make complex information accessible to all,
enhancing productivity across various fields. He outlined a phased
approach: starting with AI copilots assisting humans, then moving
to agents with human supervision, and eventually achieving fully
autonomous agents in well-evaluated tasks.
At the conclusion of the fireside chat, Siddharth announced the
expansion of Turing's service offerings that align with the future
of AGI advancements. These include:
- Multimodality - Enhancing AI models' abilities to
handle different types of data and interactions with right-fit
tools
- STEM Domain Knowledge - Applying advanced science,
technology, engineering, and mathematical knowledge to improve
model performance in scientific and technical domains
- Industry Domain Knowledge - Utilizing PhD-level experts
in specific industries to create contextually relevant and
effective AI solutions
Siddharth continued, "As we explore AGI's possibilities, it's
crucial to stay informed and committed to responsible development.
By focusing on capabilities, performance, and ethical
considerations, we can ensure AGI's benefits are realized while
mitigating potential risks."
About Turing
Based in Palo Alto, California,
Turing is the world's fastest growing AI-powered tech services
company. The company provides expert model training, post-training
services, and specialized AI applications and solutions to
effectively improve and deploy AGI—led by the AI technology experts
behind Silicon Valley's most successful companies.
Founded in 2018, the company has experienced tremendous growth
with over three million technical professionals in its talent
network and 1,000+ clients, including the world's leading AI labs
and Fortune 500 Companies. Turing has received numerous awards,
including Forbes's "One of America's Best Startup Employers," #1 on
The Information's annual list of "Most Promising B2B Companies,"
and Fast Company's annual list of the "World's Most Innovative
Companies." Turing's most recent private fundraising round was
oversubscribed and valued the company at $1.1 billion. Subsequent oversubscribed SAFEs
were completed on a $4 billion
valuation cap. Turing's leadership team seamlessly integrates AI
technologists from industry giants like Meta, Google, Microsoft,
Apple, Amazon, Twitter, Stanford,
Caltech, and MIT with seasoned tech
consulting veterans from Accenture, Cognizant, Capgemini, McKinsey,
Bain, and others to harness unparalleled strength and deliver
maximum value. For more information on Turing, visit
www.turing.com. For information on upcoming Turing AGI Icons
events, visit go.turing.com/agi-icons.
Media Contact:
John Ordoña
john.ordona@turing.com
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