OpenAI is a research and deployment company dedicated to creating safe and beneficial artificial intelligence (AI) with a mission to ensure that the development of AI benefits all of humanity. Sam Altman, the company's co-founder and former chief executive officer (CEO), appeared to admit in a recent interview the existence of a mysterious new artificial intelligence system that he was involved in developing. The system, known as Q* (pronounced Q Star), is said to already have some mathematical skills and critical thinking skills, and could be a major breakthrough in artificial general intelligence (AGI).
Artificial general intelligence refers to artificial intelligence systems that are capable of surpassing human intelligence in multiple domains and tasks, also known as superintelligence or strong artificial intelligence. Many AI experts and entrepreneurs, including Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, and Ray Kurzweil, a former engineer at Google, have ** , artificial intelligence will reach the level of general artificial intelligence within this century, and even trigger a moment known as singularity, that is, the moment when artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence and improves itself, thus changing the history and future of humanity.
Altman's dismissal sparked a sensational internal struggle. Altman did not heed the warnings that several OpenAI employees reportedly sent warning letters to the board of directors that the progress of the Q* project was too advanced and could pose a huge risk to humanity. As a result, Altman was dismissed as CEO by the board of directors in November, and was subsequently hired by Microsoft, an investor in OpenAI, and then rehired by OpenAI, which led to a major board change.
In an interview with The Verge, Altman did not deny the existence of Project Q*. He simply called it an "unfortunate leak". He also said that he has been working to ensure that AI is safe and beneficial, whether it was two weeks ago, a year ago, or even earlier.
Experts in the field of artificial intelligence have been warning that once computer scientists implement artificial general intelligence, that is, artificial intelligence systems that are smarter than humans, they may override human control. They may even see humanity as a threat, using the internet and computer infrastructure to carry out doomsday plans.
These fears are in line with the experts' ** that one day, artificial intelligence will reach a point known as the singularity, when technology is already more powerful and intelligent than humans, changing the direction of our evolution. Former Google engineer Ray Kurzweil has said that the singularity will come in 2045.
In April of this year, more than 250,000 people signed an open letter calling for a six-month moratorium on AI research. At the time, Altman said he agreed with the call for caution, but he disagreed with the "technical details" in the open letter. He did not sign the letter.
Allegedly, before Altman was fired, several employees wrote a letter to OpenAI's board of directors. The letter details some of the dangerous AI discoveries that Altman's company is underway, as well as the serious risks involved in commercializing these technologies without fully understanding their potential consequences.
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