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This is a condensed version of Altman's greatest hits when it comes to his pitch for the promise of AI as he (allegedly) conceives it, and in that sense it is nothing new. What is conspicuous is that there is a not-so-subtle reframing. No longer is AGI just around the corner, instead one gets the sense that OpenAI they have already looked around that corner and seen nothing there. No, this is one of what I expect will be many more public statements intended to cool things down a bit, and to reframe (investor) expectations that the timelines are going to be longer than were previously implied.
Cool things down a bit? That's what you call "we're already in the accelerating part of the singularity, past the event horizon, the future progress curve looks vertical, the past one looks flat"? :D
If any of that were true, then the llm would be actively involved in advancing themselves, or assisting humans in a meaningful way in the endeavor, which they’re not so far as I can tell.
Maybe Sam meant it more generally - humanity has achieved a lot over past thousands of years, and now we are finally close to interacting with systems that are more capable intellectually.
For Sam Altman, honestly yes.
The man has said some truly wild things for the VC