Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is convinced that we will soon develop “artificial superintelligence.” An inevitable advance that, according to him, will not be without consequences.
Forget AGI, this artificial general intelligence that works like a human brain (only better). Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, believes we are on the verge of creating a superintelligence. An AI so superior to us in every way that we shouldn't even try to understand how it works. It would arrive within a few years, according to the father of ChatGPT, after several milestones.
“2025 saw the arrival of agents capable of performing real cognitive work; writing computer code will never be the same again. 2026 will likely see the arrival of systems capable of understanding new ideas. 2027 could see the arrival of robots capable of performing tasks in the real world,” Altman enthuses.
On this last part, he is probably not far from the truth when we see that current robot prototypes can already do a lot of everyday things for us. Unfortunately, all of this will come at a price that many will struggle to pay.
“Artificial superintelligence” is almost here, says Sam Altman
“There will be some very difficult aspects, like the disappearance of entire categories of jobs, but on the other hand, the world will become so much richer, so quickly, that we will be able to seriously consider new policy ideas that we could never have considered before.” For example, the establishment of a universal income to compensate for the massive loss of employment. A proposal that Sam Altman himself supports.
He is not one of those who denies the impact of AI on the labor market, of which we already have very concrete examples. He does, however, imagine that the democratization of superintelligence will allow humans to do something other than work. The most cynical will reply that big business will find another way to take over our time.
Altman has a solution to avoid this: ensure that in the long term, AIs act for the common good, and make sure “to make superintelligence cheap, widely available, and not too concentrated on one person, company, or country.” How? Despite its length, the blog post doesn't say. You'll have to ask ChatGPT.
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