OpenAI reportedly revealed five levels to creating superintelligent AI
OpenAI has reportedly created a new classification that shows different levels of artificial intelligence (AI) development to achieve superintelligent AI. According to the report, the classification system, which OpenAI has shared with its employees, has five levels: the first level includes existing generative AI-powered conversational chatbots, and the fifth is said to include yet-to-be-achieved artificial general intelligence (AGI), an AI system considered powerful enough to handle the work of an entire organization. The AI firm is also said to have shared details of a new project that uses the GPT-4 model and demonstrates human-like reasoning capabilities — a capability that could take the model to level two.
OpenAI reportedly shares five levels with AGI
According to a spokesperson for OpenAI, a Bloomberg report stressed that the company shared the new classification system with its employees in an “all-hands meeting.” The company reportedly plans to share the classification with its investors and people outside the organization as well, though no timeline was shared.
Currently, OpenAI is said to be at level one, but the report, citing people familiar with the matter, claimed the AI company shared new capabilities of GPT-4 that may be equivalent to level two. The most notable feature is reportedly the AI model’s reasoning ability. No other features were mentioned.
The publication also shared the five levels towards AGI. These are:
- Level 1 — Chatbots: AI with conversational language
- Level 2 — Reasoners: Human-Level Problem Solving
- Level 3 — Agents: Systems that can take action
- Level 4 — Innovators: AI that can help with inventions
- Level 5 — Organizations: AI that can do the work of an organization
Based on the reported classification, level one is where most AI systems are today with conversational chatbot capabilities. OpenAI is said to have reached level two, called Reasoners with GPT-4, but this capability has yet to be demonstrated by the company.
Level three includes Agents, which can perform actions on behalf of humans. This is probably the stage where AI systems can independently take certain actions based on behavioral patterns. This level also includes the integration of AI into real-world operations. The fourth level, according to the classification, will give AI a certain level of innovation and it will be able to help invent new technologies and products. In particular, it is said that true innovation is one of the defining characteristics of human intelligence.
Finally, level five or AGI is when an AI system can handle the tasks of an entire organization. This would far exceed the capacity of humans and take AI to the superintelligent level.
