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"By now, many of us are probably familiar with artificial intelligence hype. AI
will make artists redundant! AI can do lab experiments! AI will end grief!
Even by these standards, the latest proclamation from OpenAI chief executive
Sam Altman, published on his personal website this week, seems remarkably
hyperbolic. We are on the verge of “The Intelligence Age”, he declares, powered
by a “superintelligence” that may just be a “few thousand days” away. The new
era will bring “astounding triumphs”, including “fixing the climate,
establishing a space colony, and the discovery of all of physics”.
Altman and his company – which is trying to raise billions from investors and
pitching unprecedently huge datacentres to the US government, while shedding
key staff and ditching its nonprofit roots to give Altman a share of ownership
– have much to gain from hype.
However, even setting aside these motivations, it’s worth taking a look at some
of the assumptions behind Altman’s predictions. On closer inspection, they
reveal a lot about the worldview of AI’s biggest cheerleaders – and the blind
spots in their thinking."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
