Altman also discussed the potential economic disruption caused by AGI, predicting that significant changes may not be evident in the initial years. He also mentioned OpenAI's business deal with Microsoft, which allows the company to exit its profit-sharing arrangement once AGI is declared. This move is significant for OpenAI's aspirations to become a major, for-profit tech company.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is lowering expectations for the impact of artificial general intelligence (AGI), stating it will arrive sooner than expected but will not significantly change the world immediately.
- Altman suggests that the safety concerns associated with AGI will not be immediate and there will be a long continuation from AGI to superintelligence.
- OpenAI's definition of AGI appears to be less grand than it used to be, with the term 'superintelligence' now being used to describe what was previously referred to as AGI.
- OpenAI's business deal with Microsoft includes a clause that allows it to escape once it declares the arrival of AGI, which could be a significant move for OpenAI's ambitions to become a major for-profit tech company.