The moment AI taught itself : Grasping the matter at hand Gawdat says his most notable experience with AI - a rude awakening concerning the potential of realising AGI - was in witnessing a groundbreaking experiment at Google X .
The team developed a farm of grippers — robotic arms designed to potentially pick objects up . Initially , the grippers struggled to accomplish this seemingly simple task . However , Gawdat vividly recounts a pivotal moment when one of the grippers autonomously picks up a yellow ball : it had not been taught how to do so .
“ Our limited intelligence allows us to build a machine that flies you to Sydney so that you can surf . However , it ' s our limited intelligence that makes that machine burn the planet in the process ”
MO GAWDAT AI EXPERT , GOOGLE X CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER
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