What Happened
I don't—thankfully—have to follow every statement that Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, makes about the world.
Why It Matters
Many of these statements seem more like "hustles" or "pitches" than attempts to speak thoughtfully about the future.
Key Details
- Even if they are genuine statements of belief, they often read like a teenager's first sci-fi novel, written under the influence of weed and way too much Star Trek.
- Consider, for instance, Altman's blog post "A Gentle Singularity," published last year and read by nearly 600,000 people.
- Its central thesis seems to be that AI is all upside; everything has been great so far, and everything will be even greater in the future!
- I mean, just wait until we build robots that we can shove these AIs into—then tell those robots to go make more robots.
Background Context
I don't—thankfully—have to follow every statement that Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, makes about the world. Many of these statements seem more like "hustles" or "pitches" than attempts to speak thoughtfully about the future. Even if they are genuine statements of belief, they often read like a teenager's first sci-fi novel, written under the influence of weed and way too much Star Trek. Consider, for instance, Altman's blog post "A Gentle Singularity," published last year and read by nearly 600,000 people. Its central thesis seems to be that AI is all upside; everything has been great so far, and everything will be even greater in the future! I mean, just wait until we build robots that we
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Source: Ars Technica – All content – Original Link
Source: Ars Technica – All content
