Openai CEO Sam Altman acknowledges that AI benefits may not be widely distributed
in New essays from his personal blogOpenai CEO Sam Altman said that the company, among other “strange sound” ideas, is to “ensure that everyone on Earth can use a lot of AI.” He said he is open to and is making sure the benefits of technology are widely distributed.
“The historical impact of technological advancements suggests that most of the metrics we are interested in (health, economic prosperity, etc.) will improve on average and long term, but we also have an equality. The increase doesn’t seem to be technically determined, and we can do this right. We need new ideas,” Altman wrote. “It seems like the balance of power between capital and labor in particular can easily be messed up, and this may require early intervention.”
Like Altman’s “computational budget” concept, solutions to this problem may be easier to propose than implementing. already, AI is affecting the labor marketthe result Recruitment and Downsizing of the department. Experts warn Mass unemployment rates are a possible outcome of the rise of AI technology without proper government policies and reskills and high-end programs.
It’s not the first timeAltman argues that he defines artificial general information (AGI) – as “a system that can tackle increasingly complex problems in many areas.” No matter what form, this AGI will not be perfect, Altman warns, in the sense that “it may require many human supervision and direction.”
“(The AGI system) doesn’t have the biggest new ideas,” writes Altman.
However, Altman argued that the real value from AGI comes from running these systems at scale. Similar to Dario Amodei, CEO of Openai Rival AnthropicAltman envisions thousands or millions of AI systems working on tasks “in every field of knowledge.”
We might assume that it will be an expensive vision for it to come to fruition. In fact, Altman observed that in AI performance, “you can spend any amount and get continuous and predictable profits.” That’s probably why Openai is It is reportedly said that in the lecture To raise up to $40 billion in funding rounds We have promised to spend up to $500 billion With partners in a huge data network.
However, Altman also claims that the cost of using “a certain level of AI” drops by about 10 times every 12 months. In other words, pushing the boundaries of AI technology doesn’t make it cheaper, but users can access increasingly capable systems along the way.
From a capable and inexpensive AI model It seems to be a Chinese AI startup, Deepseek To support that concept. there is Proposed evidence Its training and development costs have also fallen similarly, but both Altman and Amodei argue Large investment It is necessary to achieve AGI-LEVEL AI and beyond.
Regarding Openai’s plans to release an AGI-Level system (assuming it can actually be created), Altman said the company could make “some major decisions and limitations related to the safety of unpopular AGIs.” said it is expensive. Openai If I pledge Promises to begin supporting “valuable” and “safety awareness” projects that will halt competition and approach building AGIs out of safety concerns.
Of course, that was when Openai intended to remain a nonprofit organization. The company is located at The process of transforming that corporate structure into a more traditional, profit-driven organizational structure. Openai It is reportedly It aims to reach $100 billion in revenue by 2029. This is equivalent to Target and Nestle’s current annual sales.
This is true, and Altman said Openai’s goal to build stronger AI is to “more trends towards individual empowerment,” and at the same time, “a large amount of AI used by authoritarian governments.” “It’s about controlling the population through the loss of surveillance and autonomy.” Altman recently said he believes Openai is on the wrong side of history when it comes to open sourcing technology. Although Openai has had open source technology in the past, the company has generally supported its own closed development approach.
“AI will penetrate every part of the economy and society. I hope everything will be smart,” Altman said. “Many of us expect that we will historically need to control more technologies, including open sourcing, and there is a balance of individual empowerment that requires trade-offs. I accept that.”
Altman’s blog post is ahead of this week’s AI Action Summit in Paris. They themselves vision For the future of AI.
In a footnote, Altman added that Openai is not actually going to end its close partners and investors’ relationships with Microsoft any time soon, using the term AGI. Microsoft and Openai There was reportedly a contractual definition of AGI – AI systems that can generate $100 billion in profits – Once you meet, Openai can negotiate more favorable investment terms. However, Altman said Openai “full hopes to partner with Microsoft in the long term.”