A path to AGI
Autonomous, collaborative multi-agents
Armağan Amcalar
Diva Conference
July 13, 2024
WHO AM I?
AUTHORED ON GITHUB
Built with AI
How do Humans learn?
How did we evolve society?
Where does Machine Learning come from?
Glad you asked!
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AGI isn't a monumental leap.
AGI is an emergent property.
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Large Language Models aren't AGI.
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They are a complex statistical model for predicting the next word after a given series of words.
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Let's take a step back.
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Intelligence
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Ability to learn, adapt, reason, solve problems, plan and comprehend complex ideas.
perception, abstraction, logic, understanding, learning, memory, critical thinking,
and problem-solving
Intelligence
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Adaptation to Environment
Reasoning and Problem-Solving
Learning and Memory
Skilled Use of Knowledge
ARTIFICIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
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AI that can understand, learn, and apply knowledge across a wide range of tasks
AUTONOMOUS
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Acting independently or without human intervention
AGENT
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An entity that perceives its environment, makes decisions, and takes actions
COLLABORATION
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Multiple entities working together to achieve a common goal
multi-agent systems
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Operate independently
Interact with their environment
Communicate and cooperate with other agents
Learn and adapt based on their experiences
imitate intelligence with next-token prediction
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CAN YOU OR HOW DO YOU
HOW DOES ONE
CATCH A BALL?
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Visual Processing
Occipital lobe processes visual information.
Movement Planning
Parietal lobe and premotor cortex plan movement.
Execution of Movement
Primary motor cortex sends signals to muscles.
Coordination and Balance
Cerebellum ensures smooth movement.
Sensory Feedback
Somatosensory cortex adjusts grip.
https://training.seer.cancer.gov/module_anatomy/unit5_3_nerve_org1_cns.html
vectorized by Jkwchui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
If the human brain’s
distributed structure can yield general intelligence,
why can’t a sufficiently advanced multi-agent system
achieve the same?
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EMERGENCE,
Emergent Behavior and Complex Systems
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Atoms form molecules, molecules form cells,
cells form organisms
each level exhibits new, emergent properties.
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If emergent properties in nature can lead to life and consciousness, couldn’t the emergent behaviors of MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS lead to AGI?
GESTALT
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
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GESTALT
individual agents working together can achieve far more than they could separately.
coordinated actions lead to emergent behavior and intelligence.
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Technically speaking...
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We are scraping the surface of GPT-4 or Claude 3.5 Sonnet
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We need to understand and develop what reasoning means.
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Memory, insights, habits
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specialization
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what if questions
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what if English isn't the best language to prompt these agents?
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How do Humans learn?
How did we evolve society?
Where does Machine Learning come from?
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THANK YOU!
Armağan Amcalar
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