[ExI] interesting take on nuclear power

[BillK]

On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 at 17:55, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> On Sun, Mar 10, 2024 at 9:56 AM BillK via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 at 16:28, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
>> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> > On Sun, Mar 10, 2024, 4:41 AM BillK via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>> >> Quote:
>> >> In a previously unreported quote, Sam Altman says that AI will do "95%
>> >> of what marketers use agencies, strategists, and creative
>> >> professionals for today."
>> >> And, he says AGI will be a reality in "5 years, give or take, maybe
>> >> slightly longer."
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>> <snip>
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>> > That's well short of the Singularity.
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>> Opinions vary on the timing of the arrival of the Singularity.
>> If AGI achieves the ability to recursively improve itself, then an
>> intelligence explosion could take place at exponential rates. It would
>> only be a relatively short time, possibly only a few years, before the
>> Singularity upheaval.
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> My point is, replacing 95% of marketers is a far cry from recursive self-improvement.
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That's not what Altman said.
He said today's AI has started to replace jobs of agencies,
strategists, and creative professionals *now*.
(As news reports say).
In 5 years time, AGI will be doing much, much more.



BillK