To OpenAI chief Sam Altman, the point of singularity — where artificial intelligence has surpassed the intelligence of humans, and is effectively no longer under the control of people — may have already passed.
“We are past the event horizon,” Altman said. “[T]he takeoff has started.”
In a blog post late Wednesday, Altman said that, even with that being the case, “so far it’s much less weird than it seems like it should be.”
He continued: “Robots are not yet walking the streets, nor are most of us talking to AI all day. People still die of disease, we still can’t easily go to space, and there is a lot about the universe we don’t understand.”
But the co-founder and CEO of the company best known for its ChatGPT platform said systems in effect now are smarter than people in many ways. “Hundreds of millions of people rely on it every day and for increasingly important tasks; a small new capability can create a hugely positive impact; a small misalignment multiplied by hundreds of millions of people can cause a great deal of negative impact,” Altman said.
Right now, Altman pointed out, writing computer code will never be the same. Next year will see the arrival of systems that can arrive at novel insights, he said, and 2027 may see the arrival of robots that can complete tasks in the real world. By 2030, “intelligence and energy — ideas, and the ability to make ideas happen — are going to become wildly abundant.”
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