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AGI Tipping Point: The Age of Superintelligence is Upon Us

2025-06-10

We're at the event horizon of AGI; its development is exceeding expectations. Systems like GPT-4 demonstrate capabilities surpassing human intelligence, significantly boosting productivity. AGI promises enormous gains in scientific progress and productivity, leading to vastly improved quality of life. While challenges remain, such as safety and equitable access, the rapid advancement of AGI also provides new tools and possibilities to address them. The coming decades will see profound changes, yet core human values will persist; innovation and adaptation will be key.

(blog.samaltman.com)

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Three Paths Out of the Pandemic: A Call for Scientific Investment

2025-05-24

Experts identify three potential exits from the COVID-19 pandemic: a highly effective vaccine, a breakthrough treatment, or a robust system of testing, tracing, masking, and isolation. While government R&D funding is insufficient, the biotech and research lab response has been astounding, with speeds increased more than tenfold. The author urges investors and donors to redirect capital towards pandemic-focused scientific efforts, not only to combat the current crisis but also to prepare for future outbreaks.

(blog.samaltman.com)

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AGI: The Path to Universally Accessible Infinite Intelligence

2025-02-09

This article explores the rapid development of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and its profound socioeconomic implications. The authors posit that AGI is not far off, developing at a rate exceeding Moore's Law with exponentially decreasing costs. AGI will become a ubiquitous tool, akin to electricity and the internet, transforming industries and boosting global productivity. However, the authors also highlight the challenges posed by AGI, including potential social inequality and power imbalances. To ensure AGI benefits everyone, proactive public policy is needed, alongside exploration of novel approaches to fairer resource allocation, such as providing a "compute budget" to enable universal access to powerful AI. The ultimate goal is for individuals in 2035 to possess the intellectual capacity equivalent to the entire human population in 2025, unleashing global creativity for the benefit of all.

(blog.samaltman.com)

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OpenAI's Reflections: A Rollercoaster Ride Towards AGI

2025-01-06

In a New Year's reflection, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recounts the company's nine-year journey. From an underdog research lab to igniting the AI revolution with ChatGPT, OpenAI has experienced rapid growth and immense challenges. Altman shares insights into internal decision-making and his personal reflections on his unexpected firing, highlighting the importance of good governance and teamwork. He envisions the future of AGI and expresses confidence in its transformative potential, believing superintelligence will fundamentally reshape human society.

(blog.samaltman.com)

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