OpenAI's Sam Altman tells staff he's open to slowing down cutting-edge AI
OpenAI considers slowing advanced AI development, Sam Altman tells employees
At a company-wide meeting this week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees the ChatGPT maker is considering pacing its development of cutting-edge AI, possibly in coordination with other labs — though some may not agree to join. The shift comes as rivals race ahead and internal voices urge caution.
OpenAI is considering slowing down the development of cutting-edge artificial intelligence, and the ChatGPT maker's Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman is hoping other AI companies will do the same.
- reticulates
After eating his 65th hot dog, Joey Chestnut reassures Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest organizers he will stop at 66 to ensure they don’t run out of hot dogs
- an0malous
“I don’t have anything to deceive you on, of course I’m not deceiving you. I’m engaging with you as a human being. Why would I deceive you? There’s no… no reason for me to do that.”
https://xcancel.com/cocktailpeanut/status/209733229184439951...
- saalweachter
"It's totally intentional that progress is slowing," Altman reassured investors.
- hgoel
Sam also said Astra was AGI and he's notoriously honest.
This is just their way of saying they're officially switching from providing AI to using the AI to compete with their customers, a la Navier-Stokes drama.
- int32_64
When the Chinese model drops that tops a paused Anthropic and OpenAI in all benchmarks how low will their valuations go?