PASSHE urged to establish AGI research office for workforce and economic growth
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Simon Cocking
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The article argues that the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) should establish an office for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) research to capture value from the booming AI economy. It suggests that PASSHE's leadership could open an AGI research project to contribute to workforce growth and economic development, noting that while no company has yet built AGI, frontier AI companies have skyrocketing valuations. The piece advocates for higher education institutions to engage proactively with AGI research and workforce development.
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· 2 pulledThe Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education [PASSHE], the Chair of the PASSHE Board of Governors, Dr. Cynthia Shapira and the PASSHE Chancellor, Dr. Christopher M. Fiorentino could immediately open an office for artificial general intelligence [AGI] research project, as an effort to capture some value in the humongous economy that AI has created.
No company has built AGI, but most companies with frontier models in AI have skyrocketing value, and the prospect that any company can contribute to, or
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