‘Super-intelligent’ AI is just a few thousand days away: Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI

Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, believes super-intelligent artificial intelligence is just “a few thousand days” away and will change the way we live forever.

Altman outlined his optimistic vision of “superintelligence” – technology beyond human capabilities – to solve intensive problems and advance human progress more than ever before. a blog post on Monday.

The message came a day after a New York Times report revealed that the director is working with famed former Apple designer Jony Ive on a top-secret AI device.

Altman wrote that changes with AI will not happen all at once, but will help us “achieve far more than we could ever achieve without AI.” He described children as having virtual teachers who can provide personalized instructions on different topics, in different languages ​​and at any pace, and autonomous personal assistants who can perform tasks on your behalf such as coordinating medical care.

‘Although it will happen incrementally, astonishing triumphs – fixing the climate, establishing a space colony and the discovery of all of physics – will eventually become commonplace. With virtually limitless intelligence and abundant energy – the ability to generate great ideas, and the ability to make them happen – we can do a lot.”

But to get the ‘intelligence age’ off the ground, he says, computing costs will have to drop and the infrastructure will have to be robust to supply all the necessary energy and chips.

“If we don’t build enough infrastructure, AI will be a very limited resource that wars can be fought over and will mainly become a tool for rich people,” he wrote.

Altman once again acknowledged how the industry must “maximize the benefits of AI while minimizing the harm.” He has spoken out about the “catastrophic risks” associated with AI, along with other technology leaders, including Bill Gates and Elon Musk, because of AI’s potential.

But not everyone believes that AI will turn life as we know it upside down. Some experts, including linguistics professor Noam Chomsky and Rodney Brooks, who led MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory for a decade, believe the impact of generative AI is significant. overhyped because it will never be able to think better than humans.