“Neither OpenAI nor any other frontier lab is ready (for Artificial General Intelligence, and the world is also not ready.”

So spoke Miles Brundage, who’s leaving OpenAI to get filthy rich somewhere else.  Officially, he’s leaving because “opportunity cost had become too high” – which is another way of saying other companies are waving money in his face.

Brundage lead the “AGI Readiness” team, which is supposed to help OpenAI get ready for Artificial General Intelligence.  OpenAI already disbanded the Superalignment team that was supposed to help them make AI safe.

Artificial General Intelligence – human intelligence in software – is either the next step, something already achieved, or impossible, depending on your view.  Most view it as the inevitable next step, and the author of the groundbreaking Situational Awareness paper covered this extensively (still a fantastic read).  Some would say it’s already been achieved – after all, ChatGPT is functioning as well as the typical human high school student.  There are a few skeptics who think it’ll never be achieved, but then, there are people who said man would never be able to fly.

And when it arrives, apparently OpenAI won’t be ready.  Will anyone?

There’s a thread of discussion in the world that says that boffins are going to chase AI technology no matter where it goes or where it might lead, regardless of the human consequences.  Certainly it seems if Sam Altman and friends are focused solely on chasing the very shiny thing.

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