Tenenbaum’s idea is to build “a machine that starts off like a baby and that learns like a child”. He claimed all of the advances made in AI are not truly intelligent because they do not possess the flexibility, common sense, and general intelligence that a one-year-old baby has.
His team seeks deeper understanding of human intelligence, to acquire the unique learning process of humans – the thing “that makes humans the smartest learners in the known universe,” said Josh Tenenbaum. In February, he started his AI project called the MIT Quest for Intelligence. With the hope to innovate the AI industry, the project calls for life scientists, computer scientists, and engineers to join forces in discovering our own intelligence.
This project can bring about major changes for AI development all over the world, especially regarding the fact that machines can learn and acquire understanding of its surroundings in the same way humans do. On the other hand, AI will be able to learn negative things such as violence, extremism, etc. In this situation, it will be essential to develop ethical standards for AI – a set of standards for AI to follow to not cause any harm to humans. This is what MDI is trying to do in its effort to develop the AIWS initiative.