Databricks co-founder wins prestigious ACM award, says ‘AGI is here already’

Databricks co-founder Matei Zaharia receives ACM's highest honor, using the platform to argue that true artificial general intelligence is already a present reality, not a distant future. | Contesto: cronaca

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• Databricks co-founder wins prestigious ACM award, says ‘AGI is here already’

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Matei Zaharia, the co-founder of Databricks, has been awarded the top honor from the Association for Computing Machinery. This prestigious award recognizes his foundational contributions to computing and data systems. Following this recognition, Zaharia is now channeling his efforts into developing artificial intelligence specifically for scientific and academic research. His current work focuses on practical applications that can accelerate discovery. In a notable departure from common industry narratives, Zaharia contends that artificial general intelligence is not a future milestone but is already here. He suggests the concept is widely misunderstood by both the public and experts. His perspective frames AGI not as a singular, conscious entity, but as a suite of existing, powerful capabilities that are being applied to complex problems. This view challenges the ongoing debate about the timeline and nature of achieving human-like machine intelligence.

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