Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has recently made statements suggesting that the impact of artificial general intelligence (AGI), which he defines as human-level reasoning and capability for general-purpose tasks, will be less transformative on society and the job market than anticipated. He predicts that upon the arrival of AGI, the world will experience a two-week freakout before returning to normalcy. Altman also emphasized the necessity of a new energy source to power the increasing energy consumption of AI technologies. His remarks, which were made at the World Economic Forum in Davos and cited by The Economist, come after a period of personal drama at OpenAI, which he described as less concerning than the pursuit of human-level AI.
Sam Altman: when we have AGI, the world will have a 2-week freakout and then people will go on with their lives https://t.co/2LlrKeIS1X
🌐 OpenAI's Sam Altman labels his firing saga 'ridiculous' at #Davos2024. He discusses AI's future, stressing adaptability in tech and offering a softer view on AI dangers. 🤖💡 #AI #Innovation #OpenAI #FutureOfAI https://t.co/bNNahQI1EL
Sam Altman: Age of AI will require an 'energy breakthrough' https://t.co/ZqCIuqhdBO
Sam Altman on AGI: “It will change the world much less than we all think and it will change jobs much less than we all think”. #WEF2024 https://t.co/nW09UUArrN
OpenAI coup less stressful than superintelligent AI, Sam Altman says Sam Altman said that his dramatic and quickly-reversed firing at OpenAI was less nerve-wracking than how the world approaches making artificial intelligence as capable as humans. https://t.co/3uiw7KxByD
Sam Altman says his dramatic and quickly-reversed firing at OpenAI was less nerve-wracking than how the world approaches making AI as capable as humans https://t.co/VVv4YjqSiI
NOW - OpenAI's Sam Altman Hints at AI Breakthroughs Being Part of Recent Boardroom Shakeup "As the world gets closer to AGI, the stakes, the stress, the level of tension, that's all going to go up. And for us, this was a microcosm of it but probably not the most stressful… https://t.co/XUaijIGe0h
Sam Altman reveals his thoughts on OpenAI’s executive shakeup https://t.co/fWN3gLoZiL
Sam Altman on the first AGI: "The world will have a two-week freakout and then people will go on with their lives." https://t.co/8EAU5xpHOI from The Economist https://t.co/MA6qEZtE1P
Sam Altman at Davos: AI Needs to Go Nuclear https://t.co/axqfwLZuCi https://t.co/T1HmlPY007
Sam Altman says he expects AGI to change the world much less than we all think... He is defining AGI very differently than what most people on the internet believe it to be. If AGI is defined as human-level reasoning and an AI that is capable of multiple general-purpose tasks,… https://t.co/KCNmP7eo7v
In Davos, Sam Altman softens tone on AGI two months after OpenAI Drama https://t.co/1JPHr6jmUM
Hmm: 'OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says concerns that AI will one day become so powerful that it will dramatically reshape & disrupt the world are overblown: “It will change the world much less than we all think & it will change jobs much less than we all think”' https://t.co/DwXScyO6Wh
OpenAI’s Sam Altman says human-level AI is coming but will change world much less than we think #DisruptiveTech https://t.co/vPf9wqECWU
Sam Altman Says Human-Tier AI Is Coming Soon https://t.co/W8hGYAUvWL
Sam Altman Says AI Using Too Much Energy, Will Require Breakthrough Energy Source https://t.co/cFsScuTfab
OpenAI's Sam Altman says human-level AI is coming but will change world much less than we think https://t.co/myxTTWwVa6
.@sama: "I can't believe I'm saying this... but I think AGI will be developed in the reasonably close-ish future, and it will change the world much less than we all think. It will change jobs much less than we all think." https://t.co/kuMzFVPJyc
Sam Altman wants people to move on from the 'soap opera' that was his brief firing from OpenAI https://t.co/VpdUouibNX
.@OpenAI's @sama: I can't believe I'm saying this...but I think AGI will be developed in the reasonably closeish future & it will change the world much less than we all think it will. It will change jobs much less than we all think it will: https://t.co/j2CXg35RAR w/@Ryan_Browne_
Sam Altman says he expects AGI to change the world much less than we all think https://t.co/QUy455uUfW
Sam Altman says he expects the increase in capabilities of AI models this year will become a social and political issue https://t.co/G0FaHhnRZu