AGI, while powerful, could have negative consequences, warned Diveplane CEO Mike Capps and Liberty Blockchain CCO Christopher Alexander. Artificial general intelligence – the kind of AI that has capabilities similar to humans – may be far off and offer new opportunities, but experts warn it could be potentially dangerous, and have drastic implications for white-collar workers. "I'm about as excited about AGI as I am about nuclear fission," Diveplane CEO Dr. Michael Capps told Fox News Digital. "It's really amazing what we can do with it, it can power our society, but in the wrong hands, it can do some really dangerous stuff." While there is no one definition of AGI, a 2020 report from consulting giant McKinsey said such a machine would need to master human-like skills, such as fine motor skills and natural language processing.

Capps warned against high-stakes use of black box AI due to the lack of transparency behind the technology's decision-making process. New developments in artificial intelligence have thrust the technology to the forefront of public discord, but also raised concerns about the opaque decision-making process of some systems – often referred to as "black box AI." The term "black box" came from Great Britain's Royal Air Force during WWII, Dr. Michael Capps told Fox News Digital. But when it relates to AI, the term is used to describe a decision-making process that cannot be explained. "The whole idea of a black box is you're not allowed to look inside and see, and that's what we have with these artificial neural networks, with hundreds of billions of nodes inside of a box, that nobody can look into," Capps said.

Artificial General Intelligence, the AI with human-like capabilities, could be decades away, said Capps. With the release of ChatGPT last year, a renewed focus was placed on AGI – artificial general intelligence – the advanced technology with similar capabilities to that of humans. And while some argue GPT-4, the latest version of the technology, appears close to AGI, others say it is years, or decades, before the technology reaches human-like abilities. There is no one agreed upon definition of AGI, but a 2020 report from consulting giant McKinsey said a true AGI would need to master skills like sensory perception, fine motor skills, and natural language understanding. Recent developments in Artificial Intelligence have led to renewed focus on AGI, the technology with capabilities similar to that of humans.

RALEIGH – Diveplane, the two-year-old artificial intelligence startup in Raleigh that's led by former Epic Games Mike Capps, has secured more capital from investor Calibrate Ventures. The amount of funding was not disclosed, but Diveplane said it plans to hire additional staff with the new cash while also investing in its technology. "We are thrilled to be partnering with Diveplane as they continue to innovate in this highly exciting and growing field," said Jason Schoettler, cofounder of Calibrate, in the announcement. "The company's unique technology platform has already made a strong impression within a number of verticals and among its blue-chip clientele. We look forward to supporting Mike, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Chris Hazard and the rest of the Diveplane team in achieving their mission of keeping AI understandable."

Expect to hear a lot about deepfakes in 2020. It's not that manipulating images is anything new, but with technology advantages and the increasing use of biometrics as an authentication tool, deepfakes will impact cybersecurity efforts. For example, cybercriminals are now perfecting deepfakes to impersonate people to steal money and anything that might be valuable. The technology has been improved to reach a higher level, where it becomes difficult to tell the difference between a fraud and a friend. According to McAfee researchers, deepfakes will make it more difficult to achieve true facial recognition, just as facial recognition software is increasingly used to unlock smartphones and as airport identification alternatives, to name a few use cases.

If you spend any modicum of your time on the internet, or even dabbling in the tech world, you've no doubt seen mentions of "AI," or artificial intelligence, here and there. In the past few years it's become something of a buzzy catchword in the industry. And it seems like every website, app, and game is using it. There's a website that uses AI to rate how "cool" your selfies are. People "feed" AI scripts of popular movies and TV shows to have software spit out a new script based on what it "learned" from the source material.