• Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOP
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    Nevertheless, like the funding-hungry CEO he is, Altman quickly turned the thread around to OpenAI promising jam tomorrow, with the execution of the firm’s roadmap, amazing next-gen AI models, and “bringing you all AGI and beyond.”

    AGI and beyond?

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      If you throw billions of dollars at a problem, you will always get the most expensive solution.

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      Artificial General Intelligence, the pipedream of a technological intelligence that is not producing a single thing but generally capable, like a human.

      Edit: recommended reading is “Life 3.0”. While I think it is overly positive about AI, it gives a good overview of AI industry and innovation, and the ideas behind it. You will have to swallow a massive chunk of Musk-fanboism, although to be fair it predates Musk’s waving the fasces.

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        I get it. I just didn’t know that they are already using “beyond AGI” in their grifting copytext.

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        The fact that Microsoft and OpenAI define Artificial General Intelligence in terms of profit suggests they’re not confident about achieving the real thing:

        The two companies reportedly signed an agreement last year stating OpenAI has only achieved AGI when it develops AI systems that can generate at least $100 billion in profits. (Source)

        Given this definition, when they say they’ll achieve AGI and beyond, they simply mean they’ll achieve more than $100 billion in profit. It says nothing about what they expect to achieve technically.