Category Archives: Artificial General Intelligence

"That's pretty f**ked up." Big Talk In a new interview, a former OpenAI employee made a striking claim about his ex-employer's plans for artificial general intelligence (AGI) or, more specifically, how to make a bunch of money off it. During a lengthy interview with tech podcaster Dwarkesh Patel, ex-OpenAI safety researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner claimed that he'd heard tell "from multiple people" that his erstwhile employer had, in years past, schemed to start a global AGI bidding war. "At some point several years ago, OpenAl leadership had laid out a plan to fund and sell AGI by starting a bidding war between the governments of the United States, China, and Russia," Aschenbrenner told his podcasting friend, adding that it was "surprising" that his onetime employer would be "willing to sell AGI to the Chinese and Russian governments." "There's also something that feels eerily familiar about starting this bidding war and then playing them off each other, saying, 'well, if you don't do this, China will do it," Aschenbrenner continued Continue reading →

The advent of A.I. artificial intelligence is spurring curiosity and fear. Continue reading →

Dig into the latest AI Crypto news as we explore the future of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and uncover its potential to surpass human abilities, according to Leopold Aschenbrenners essay. Continue reading →

A group of OpenAI insiders is blowing the whistle on what they say is a culture of recklessness and secrecy at the San Francisco artificial intelligence company, which is racing to build the most powerful A.I. systems ever created. The group, which includes nine current and former OpenAI employees, has rallied in recent days around shared concerns that the company has not done enough to prevent its A.I Continue reading →

A group of AI whistleblowers claim tech giants like Google and ChatGPT creator OpenAI are locked in a reckless race to develop technology that could endanger humanity and demanded a right to warn the public in an open letter Tuesday. Signed by current and former employees of OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic, the open letter cautioned that AI companies have strong financial incentives to avoid effective oversight and cited a lack of federal rules on developing advanced AI Continue reading →

Photo: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images For a few years now, lots of people have been wondering what Sam Altman thinks about the future or perhaps what he knows about it as the CEO of OpenAI, the company that kicked off the recent AI boom. Hes been happy to tell them about the end of the world. Continue reading →

Eleven current and former employees of OpenAI, along with two more from Google DeepMind, posted an open letter today stating that they are unable to voice concerns about risks created by their employees due to confidentiality agreements. Today lets talk about what they said, what they left out, and why lately the AI safety conversation feels like its going nowhere Continue reading →

Leopold Aschenbrenner, a former safety researcher at ChatGPT creator OpenAI, has doubled down on artificial general intelligence (AGI) in his newest essay series on artificial intelligence. Dubbed Situational Awareness, the series offers a glance at the state of AI systems and their promising potential in the next decade Continue reading →

Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently one of the hottest buzzwords in tech and with good reason. Continue reading →

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