DeepMind’s 145-page paper on AGI safety may not convince skeptics

Google DeepMind on Wednesday published an exhaustive paper on its safety approach to AGI, roughly defined as AI that can accomplish any task a human can. AGI is a bit of a controversial subject in the AI field, with naysayers suggesting that it’s little more than a pipe dream.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/deepminds-145-page-paper-on-agi-safety-may-not-convince-skeptics/

An AI Model Has Officially Passed the Turing Test

One of the industry's leading large language models has passed a Turing test, a longstanding barometer for human-like intelligence.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://futurism.com/ai-model-turing-test

The New Student in Class: Generative AI

For three McGill professors in the Faculty of Arts, the conversation around artificial intelligence (AI) in teaching took off in 2023. ChatGPT, an AI chatbot built on OpenAI’s foundational large language models (LLMs), had become popular one year earlier.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.mcgilldaily.com/2025/03/the-new-student-in-class-generative-ai/

AI and the Paradox of Education: Generative Teaching, Agentic Learning, and Education's Singularity

"It’s true - @stevehargadon is a national treasure." @markjotter "Steve is an amazing facilitator. He brings this wonderful combination of humility, hospitality and insight to conversations that matter in education.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.stevehargadon.com/2025/03/ai-and-paradox-of-education-generative.html

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ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.anthropic.com/research/tracing-thoughts-language-model?utm_source=www.therundown.ai&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=openai-nears-record-funding-round&_bhlid=4c0bce5ba4bff771ed63a8fe44a5527656a6548e

A New Old Way: Learning in Conversation with AI

There is a line in Charles Handy’s The Age of Unreason where he quotes an anonymous Irishman: “How do I know what I think until I hear what I say?” (Others have said similar things.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.stevehargadon.com/2025/03/a-new-old-way-learning-in-conversation.html

Session 123: "AI and Libraries: with Lib2.0"

Steve Hargadon joins as host of the 56,000-member Library 2.0 online community, for a discussion on the evolving role of artificial intelligence in libraries. Drawing from two years of hosting free large-scale mini-conferences on AI and libraries as well as paid webinars and workshops. Steve will

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZl17i1kuoE&t=177s