Summary of Beyond Words: What’s Next with NLP

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This video discusses the potential of natural language processing to improve the user experience by empowering computers to do tasks that would traditionally require human input. Kevin Kelly and Sam Harris discuss the future of NLP and how it will continue to improve over the next 10 years. They note that while it is difficult to predict specific details about the future, it is clear that NLP will continue to improve and be a more powerful tool for knowledge workers.

• 00:00:00 In 2021, natural language processing became more sophisticated, with models becoming better at following human instructions and preferences. In 2022, these models will become more robust and widespread, allowing for a wide range of applications. Companies such as Microsoft and OpenAI are leading the way with platforms that allow for easy deployment and use of these models.
• 00:05:00 This video discusses the potential of technology to improve the user experience by empowering computers to do tasks that would traditionally require human input. For example, codex and co-pilot enable users to communicate with their technology in a natural way to get it to do things for them. Kevin suggests that the rest of us will eventually be using these types of models to gather information.
• 00:10:00 Kevin teaches that large, general models are incredibly powerful, but that they need to be specialized to be most effective.
• 00:15:00 Microsoft is excited about the potential of advanced artificial intelligence, and is committed to making its technology available to as many people as possible. Platform models make this possible, by allowing different groups to build on top of the same machine learning models.
• 00:20:00 The speaker discusses the importance of having policies in place to prevent misuse of machine learning models, and how Microsoft is working to develop models that are self-aware and can be controlled.
• 00:25:00 In this YouTube video, Sam Harris discusses the future of artificial intelligence and whether or not current alignment techniques will be able to scale. He also warns society about the need for a large conversation about what values to align AI with.
• 00:30:00 In this YouTube video, Kevin Kelly and Sam Harris discuss the future of NLP and how it will continue to improve over the next 10 years. They note that while it is difficult to predict specific details about the future, it is clear that NLP will continue to improve and be a more powerful tool for knowledge workers.
• 00:35:00 The speaker discusses how language-based technology will become more accessible and fluid, and how this will create new business models. They are especially bullish about the potential to solve problems in difficult locations worldwide.