Researchers from OpenAI sent a letter to the board alerting them to a significant advancement in artificial intelligence that they felt would endanger humankind. CEO Sam Altman was fired as a result of this letter. Elon Musk expressed concern over OpenAI’s recent advances in AI research, describing them as “extremely worrying” and potentially endangering mankind.
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In a letter to the board, a number of OpenAI staff researchers expressed concern about a recent, potent finding in artificial intelligence that they said would endanger humankind. Prior to the board’s decision to remove CEO Sam Altman, the letters and AI algorithms were significant breakthroughs. However, after over 700 workers threatened to resign and join Microsoft, the board chose to reinstate Altman.
This letter was included by sources in the board’s list of grievances, which resulted in Altman’s termination, according to Reuters reporting.
OpenAI’s latest research on Q* has drawn the attention of prominent figure in artificial intelligence, Elon Musk, who described it as “extremely worrying.” Others respond by raising worries about the advancement of AI, pointing out that OpenAI is working on projects that could put humankind in danger.
Question* An OpenAI Project
Employees at OpenAI think that Q, which is pronounced Q-star, may represent a significant advancement in the company’s artificial general intelligence (AGI) research. AGI is defined by the company as autonomous systems that outperform humans in tasks that have the greatest economic value. Following the announcement, there has also been a Q-related debate on the OpenAI community forum. Concerns were expressed by users over OpenAI’s adherence to ethics.
AGI is able to learn, comprehend, and generalize. It may be used in creative scientific research and will have reasoning skills more akin to human intelligence.
Sam Altman alluded to significant improvements in artificial intelligence this week, indicating that these will enhance existing models and pioneering AI projects such as ChatGPT.