[ExI] OpenAI Now Knows How To Build AGI

[efc at disroot.org]

Agreed! I fear that reality will just be some kind of slightly better 
OpenAI over the previous generation, coupled with some kind of mechanical 
turk:ish service, or lots of hard coded stuff for repetitive tasks.

On Mon, 6 Jan 2025, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat wrote:

> I'll believe it when I see it.  Promises and predictions like this have proven to have no value in planning for when these things
> will actually emerge.
> 
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM BillK via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>       Sam Altman Blog   January 6, 2025
>
>       <https://blog.samaltman.com/reflections>
>       Quotes:
>       We are now confident we know how to build AGI as we have traditionally
>       understood it. We believe that, in 2025, we may see the first AI
>       agents “join the workforce” and materially change the output of
>       companies.
>
>       We are beginning to turn our aim beyond that, to superintelligence in
>       the true sense of the word. We love our current products, but we are
>       here for the glorious future. With superintelligence, we can do
>       anything else. Superintelligent tools could massively accelerate
>       scientific discovery and innovation well beyond what we are capable of
>       doing on our own, and in turn massively increase abundance and
>       prosperity.
>       -------------------------
>
>       Altman is, of course, doing PR work for his OpenAI company.
>       But the enthusiasm to get to AI superintelligence is infectious!
>
>       BillK
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