New Delhi, April 20: Amid the global threat of AI taking away millions of jobs in the near future, a US entrepreneur and famed AI researcher Tamay Besiroglu has launched тАШMechanizeтАЩ startup which claims тАЬthe full automation of all workтАЭ and тАЬthe full automation of the economy.тАЭ Founder of non-profit AI research organisation called Epoch, Besiroglu says he is starting a new company: Mechanize.

тАЬMechanize will build virtual work environments, benchmarks, and training data to enable the full automation of all work,тАЭ he posted on X social media platform. Mechanize is focused on developing virtual work environments, benchmarks, and training data that will enable the тАЬfull automation of the economyтАЭ. The market potential here is absurdly large: workers in the US are paid around $18 trillion per year in aggregate. For the entire world, the number is over three times greater, around $60 trillion per year.┬аSaying тАШPleaseтАЩ and тАШThank YouтАЩ to ChatGPT Cost Company тАШMillions of DollarsтАЩ: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Tamay Besiroglu Starts "Mechanize" Company to┬аFully Automate Work

тАЬThe explosive economic growth likely to result from completely automating labor could generate vast abundance, much higher standards of living, and new goods and services that we canтАЩt even imagine today. Our vision is to realise this potential as soon as possible,тАЭ according to the startup. It claims to achieve this by creating simulated environments and evaluations that capture the full scope of what people do at their jobs.

This includes using a computer, completing long-horizon tasks that lack clear criteria for success, coordinating with others, and reprioritising in the face of obstacles and interruptions. тАЬWeтАЩre betting that the lionтАЩs share of value from AI will come from automating ordinary labour tasks rather than from тАШgeniuses in a data center'. Currently, AI models have serious shortcomings that render most of this enormous value out of reach.┬аNeuralink To Help Blind People See Again, Elon Musk Responds to Post Highlighting Tesla FSDтАЩs Benefits for Blind, Deaf and Disabled Users.

They are unreliable, lack robust long-context capabilities, struggle with agency and multimodality, and canтАЩt execute long-term plans without going off the rails,тАЭ according to a Mechanize post on X. To overcome these limitations, Mechanize will produce the data and evals necessary for comprehensively automating work. Mechanize is backed by investments from Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, Patrick Collison, Dwarkesh Patel, Jeff Dean, Sholto Douglas, and Marcus Abramovitch.

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