ChatGPT's limits and AI's potential FULL INTERVIEW | Researcher Michael Wooldridge

AI researcher Michael Wooldridge discusses his interest in machine intelligence, including what it will never achieve and where research is going wrong. In this interview, he explores what it will take for machines to achieve higher-order reasoning, the challenges and ethical consequences that come with this pursuit, and what these developments mean for the future of AI and society at large. This interview took place in September 2023 at HowTheLightGetsIn, in London. Michael Wooldridge is the Ashall Professor of the Foundations of Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, and a Senior Research Fellow at Hertford College. 00:00 Introduction 00:44 Passion for computer science 04:30 Beyond driverless cars 07:25 ChatGPT 09:40 The limits of AGI 11:35 Big Tech 13:40 The interpretability problem 16:38 AI-driven decision-making 19:18 The AI explosion 23:14 AI and harm 28:10 Complex systems 31:00 The future of AI