Dr John Flackett
@drjohnflackett.bsky.social
AI Educator, Speaker & Advisor | PhD Artificial Intelligence | Co-founder & Head of @ailab.world & koolth | Honorary Doctor of Science
UK | Australia | New Zealand
https://www.ailab.world/dr-john-flackett
UK | Australia | New Zealand
https://www.ailab.world/dr-john-flackett
We won’t get to AGI by scaling alone. We’ll need new AI algorithms & approaches to make the next big leap in capabilities. In the end, predicting when/if we’ll get to AGI is pretty useless. Why? Because no one really knows. We’re all guessing! 3/3
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We won’t get to AGI by scaling alone. We’ll need new AI algorithms & approaches to make the next big leap in capabilities. In the end, predicting when/if we’ll get to AGI is pretty useless. Why? Because no one really knows. We’re all guessing! 3/3
For the past 30 years I’ve been saying that machines that match human intelligence are between 50-100 years away. Today, I say that timeline is still 50-100 years. Why? Because there’s still so much to figure out. 2/3
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
For the past 30 years I’ve been saying that machines that match human intelligence are between 50-100 years away. Today, I say that timeline is still 50-100 years. Why? Because there’s still so much to figure out. 2/3
Check out @ailab.world's press release for further details on my Honorary Doctor of Science award & my journey in ArtificiaI Intelligence: www.ailab.world/about/ailab-...
AiLab Media Release: Dr. John Flackett awarded Honorary Doctor of Science | AiLab
Co-founder & Head of AiLab, Dr John Flackett, has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science by Southampton Solent University in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Artificial Intelligence...
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July 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Check out @ailab.world's press release for further details on my Honorary Doctor of Science award & my journey in ArtificiaI Intelligence: www.ailab.world/about/ailab-...
Katy Tur: "Some people are wondering if this was an ambush..."
Peter Baker: "We don't know if it was an ambush."
Open your damned eyes. It was an ambush. They are incapable of covering the biggest story of our lives. They are willfully blind.
Peter Baker: "We don't know if it was an ambush."
Open your damned eyes. It was an ambush. They are incapable of covering the biggest story of our lives. They are willfully blind.
February 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I swapped to FastMail last year (great Australian company). Not quite as secure as Proton with its encryption at rest (but obviously much more than GMail) - this does allow you to search for content in emails which you can’t do in Proton. Not a single regret in the move.
February 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I swapped to FastMail last year (great Australian company). Not quite as secure as Proton with its encryption at rest (but obviously much more than GMail) - this does allow you to search for content in emails which you can’t do in Proton. Not a single regret in the move.
It’s clear then - at least to me - that the ‘wide range of tasks’ has to be evaluated against the capabilities of a wide range of human experts. AGI requires learning, reasoning, understanding & adapting as humanS do…we’re not there yet.
We also use computing machinery to minimise mistakes. 4/4
We also use computing machinery to minimise mistakes. 4/4
February 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
It’s clear then - at least to me - that the ‘wide range of tasks’ has to be evaluated against the capabilities of a wide range of human experts. AGI requires learning, reasoning, understanding & adapting as humanS do…we’re not there yet.
We also use computing machinery to minimise mistakes. 4/4
We also use computing machinery to minimise mistakes. 4/4
If you think the bar setting is too high because it’s 1 machine vs billions of humans, AI research has always had the lofty goal of matching human intelligence (where AI = AGI) because if achieved we would have a ‘general purpose’ machine capable across a wide range of tasks. 3/4
February 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
If you think the bar setting is too high because it’s 1 machine vs billions of humans, AI research has always had the lofty goal of matching human intelligence (where AI = AGI) because if achieved we would have a ‘general purpose’ machine capable across a wide range of tasks. 3/4
So when I hear arguments about how mistakes current cutting edge AI systems make are ok because humans also make mistakes (eg illegal chess moves), this doesn’t make sense to me because collective human capabilities excel (eg chess experts make legal moves). 2/4
February 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
So when I hear arguments about how mistakes current cutting edge AI systems make are ok because humans also make mistakes (eg illegal chess moves), this doesn’t make sense to me because collective human capabilities excel (eg chess experts make legal moves). 2/4
I can literally only pronounce it the way it’s said in When Harry Met Sally! m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mobh...
a man talking to a woman with the words but i would be proud to partake written below him
Alt: Clip from the film When Harry Met Sally: a man talking to a woman with the words “but i would be proud to partake written of your pecan pie”below him
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November 27, 2024 at 12:28 PM
I can literally only pronounce it the way it’s said in When Harry Met Sally! m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mobh...