Lately, artificial intelligence specialists have been talking a lot aboutgeneral artificial intelligencegeneral artificial intelligence (IAG, or AGI in English). This is an AI capable of rivaling, or surpassing, human intelligence. This would be the basis of the technological singularity, a surge in technological innovation that would profoundly change society.
The most optimistic predict the arrival of AGI within the next ten years. However, Sam AltmanSam AltmanCEO and co-founder of OpenAI, is even more optimistic and seems to suggest that it will arrive next year. He spoke in an interview with Gary Tan, president of Y Combinator, a start-up incubator, of which Sam Altman himself was president before being fired in 2019. To the question: “ What are you excited for in 2025? What awaits us? “, the man immediately responds ” with IAG ».
Interview with Sam Altman on starting a business and developing ChatGPT. (In English, enable automatic translation of subtitles.) © Y Combinator
Towards an AGI without safeguards?
Sam Altman is so passionate about AGI that he has to think for a moment before adding that he is expecting a child with his husband, a sense of priorities that can leave one perplexed… The development of AGI, however, will not be not very restful. “ This is the first time we really know what to do. I think that the constructionconstruction of an AGI will still require a lot of work “, he said. However, it is difficult to confirm whether he really thinks that AGI could arrive as early as next year, or whether he simply misspoke and is instead thinking of certain steps that he is eager to take on a much longer path. .
The election of Donald Trump could accelerate the development of AGI by removing the regulatory framework and limits imposed on artificial intelligence. In particular, he intends to repeal Joe Biden’s presidential decree on AI security. Elon MuskElon Muskwhich develops its own Grok AI and accuses other AIs of being “woke”, will be part of the Trump administration. Some worry that theemergenceemergence of the IAG under Trump, in the absence of guardrailsguardrailscan transform the technological singularity into a true dystopia!
