Training strong artificial intelligence (AI) is like training a dog, Indian Statistical Institute professor Swagatam Das, during a talk on “Navigating the Generative AI Environment: Large Language Models, Fairness and Their Transformative Role in Scientific Research” at Sberbank AI Journey International, said. conference. .
“Strong AI can and should be more tuned. It’s like training a dog. First, you teach the animal to sit, stand and paw. And once he learns basic skills, he can also be taught special skills, such as escorting deaf people or serving in the police. “This is how language models that can analyze, classify and distinguish emotions are taught,” he said.
The professor also noted that “the first neural networks are like children taking their first steps.”
“The first neural networks were like children trying to take their first steps in drawing. Then they trained, distinguished between good and bad drawings and gradually learned to create real masterpieces. We are now witnessing the evolution of artificial intelligence. “Just like a student goes to the library, reads a lot of books and comes back with the correct answer, large models ‘read’ large amounts of information from the internet and give us relevant content,” Das noted.
As the speaker noted, there is gender discrimination in neural networks.
“In generative networks, the kindergarten teacher is always “he” and the employee is always “him.” It’s a joy when a prolific model writes about a man traveling alone. And if a woman travels alone, a different emotion arises in her neural network: fear. “We now need to eliminate these cognitive distortions,” said the professor.
Additionally, Das also stated that ethnic problems should be solved in artificial intelligence.
“People in India speak 23 languages. If an expression sounds normal in one language, it is offensive in another. Neural networks cannot yet distinguish such cultural idioms. Therefore, the next step in the development of large productive models is their further training. This is the main task of the modern scientific community,” said the professor.
The AI Journey conference will be held from 22 to 24 November and will be dedicated to advanced developments in the field of artificial intelligence, the role of artificial intelligence in new scientific discoveries, business and social development and popularization among young people. More than 200 authorized experts from Russia, India, China, Brazil, Malaysia, Indonesia, UAE, South Africa and other countries will speak at the meeting.