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Wang: True AI autopilot for tasks is closer than expected

Alexandr Wang · Evaluating AI threats & opportunities (ScaleAI's Alexandr Wang & Intel’s Lama Nachman) · Jul 23, 2024 · at 27:34

Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang predicts that AI models will achieve full task autonomy and high reliability faster than industry observers anticipate.

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“What I'm excited about, and I think is actually closer than we think, is the next unlock that we're talking about, where it's like actually autopilot, true autopilot for everything, and that Reliability boost in the models, I think could come here faster than we expect.”

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