Only Big Tech has the funding.
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Containment of AI research is possible because there are only a handful of companies having success on AGI (models like PaLM, GPT-3, Bing/Sydney, or LaMDA). Of course, many companies are raising money to try to build AGI, but so far the visible successes have solely been so-called “foundation models” that cost millions to train, require experts who themselves cost millions to hire, access to massive amounts of data, and, so far, have no immediate return on investment. Did you know that DeepMind, Google’s leading AI subsidiary, had an administration budget that ballooned in 2021 from £780 million to £1,254 million? Does that sound like a technology that anyone can build? Or something restricted to a few incredibly rich tech companies?