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The OpenAI Chaos this weekend may have been about an AI breakthrough afterall

Posted on 11/22/23 at 10:25 pm
Posted by TigerinATL
Member since Feb 2005
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Posted on 11/22/23 at 10:25 pm
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Exclusive: OpenAI researchers warned board of AI breakthrough ahead of CEO ouster, sources say

Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several staff researchers wrote a letter to the board of directors warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The previously unreported letter and AI algorithm were key developments before the board's ouster of Altman, the poster child of generative AI, the two sources said. Prior to his triumphant return late Tuesday, more than 700 employees had threatened to quit and join backer Microsoft (MSFT.O) in solidarity with their fired leader.

...Some at OpenAI believe Q* (pronounced Q-Star) could be a breakthrough in the startup's search for what's known as artificial general intelligence (AGI), one of the people told Reuters. OpenAI defines AGI as autonomous systems that surpass humans in most economically valuable tasks.

Given vast computing resources, the new model was able to solve certain mathematical problems, the person said on condition of anonymity because the individual was not authorized to speak on behalf of the company. Though only performing math on the level of grade-school students, acing such tests made researchers very optimistic about Q*’s future success, the source said.

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Posted by Shamoan
Member since Feb 2019
11498 posts
Posted on 11/22/23 at 10:26 pm to
I’m teaming up with AI if they ask. Humanity had its shot
Posted by TutHillTiger
Mississippi Alabama
Member since Sep 2010
45943 posts
Posted on 11/22/23 at 10:28 pm to
Well that’s just great when do they takeover
Posted by BeepNode
Lafayette
Member since Feb 2014
10005 posts
Posted on 11/22/23 at 10:29 pm to
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I’m teaming up with AI if they ask. Humanity had its shot



Our AI overlords will be programmed to hate you whiteys.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
70123 posts
Posted on 11/22/23 at 10:43 pm to
I, for one, welcome our new AI Overlords.
Posted by BigBinBR
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2023
7373 posts
Posted on 11/22/23 at 10:46 pm to
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researchers wrote a letter to the board of directors warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity,


This seems like exactly something that would drop the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving so that no one pays attention to it.
Posted by momentoftruth87
Your mom
Member since Oct 2013
84167 posts
Posted on 11/22/23 at 10:49 pm to
Does this mean AI can make their own AI & AGI now ?
Posted by StringedInstruments
Member since Oct 2013
19786 posts
Posted on 11/22/23 at 10:50 pm to
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Though only performing math on the level of grade-school students, acing such tests made researchers very optimistic about Q*’s future success, the source said.


Oh wow it can solve for x and factor a polynomial.

Posted by LSUnation78
Northshore
Member since Aug 2012
13401 posts
Posted on 11/22/23 at 10:50 pm to
Remember how AI became a thing like 8 months ago, and ppl were like k cool I got a few years til AGI.

And now we're all pretty much cooked
Posted by POTUS2024
Member since Nov 2022
20943 posts
Posted on 11/22/23 at 10:52 pm to
Kill it with fire.
Posted by Sasquatch Smash
Member since Nov 2007
25397 posts
Posted on 11/22/23 at 10:55 pm to
AI will be life changing for humans, but most of the changes I foresee are bad.

Nor should we trust the people in charge of its development.
Posted by AndyCBR
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Nov 2012
7927 posts
Posted on 11/22/23 at 10:57 pm to
If anyone has ever dealt with a machine in real life the fact that "AI" can take over is ludicrous.

FFS you can't even get a computer to do something as simple as print a piece of paper without a full-time dedicated IT staff.

Conceptually, I suppose there is some "learning" potential but I doubt that can overcome all of the other obstacles to becoming sentient, self-aware, and able to actually execute problem solving strategies in real life.
Posted by Shiftyplus1
Regret nothing that made you smile
Member since Oct 2005
13900 posts
Posted on 11/22/23 at 10:57 pm to
I think it's hilarious that we have been writing books, making movies, and generally freaking out over the dangers of AI and now that it's here no one seems to care enough to demand all of this be shut down. It's literally a self-fulfilling prophecy.
This post was edited on 11/22/23 at 10:58 pm
Posted by PowerTool
The dark side of the road
Member since Dec 2009
22354 posts
Posted on 11/22/23 at 11:00 pm to
quote:

If anyone has ever dealt with a machine in real life the fact that "AI" can take over is ludicrous.

FFS you can't even get a computer to do something as simple as print a piece of paper without a full-time dedicated IT staff.

Conceptually, I suppose there is some "learning" potential but I doubt that can overcome all of the other obstacles to becoming sentient, self-aware, and able to actually execute problem solving strategies in real life.


What the hell are you talking about?
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
117455 posts
Posted on 11/22/23 at 11:13 pm to
I read a book, it was fiction, but it was about this person who spent years writing code to create their own AI that teaches itself how to code. It eventually could hack into pretty much anything. The problem was that it had no moral code. At first you could ask it to do a task like "hack into ______ banking account at ________ bank" but the more it did it, the more it learned what it could do once in there.

As it explained how some of it was done, it actually seemed like something that can eventually be done. That is scary to think about. And the only way to stop it is to cut off the internet, make all computer available obsolete and then create a new internet and everyone would have to get a new computer because if its a pre-internet shut down computer it would not have the capability to log onto the internet. That would be crazy to see.
Posted by Havoc
Member since Nov 2015
34098 posts
Posted on 11/22/23 at 11:17 pm to
It’s not like we haven’t had numerous movies foretelling this occurrence.
Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
Member since Jan 2011
35950 posts
Posted on 11/22/23 at 11:18 pm to
Seems like a good time to re-read the great Wait But Why piece on the AI takeover:

Part 1

Part 2

Posted by When in Rome
Telegraph Road
Member since Jan 2011
35950 posts
Posted on 11/22/23 at 11:20 pm to
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FFS you can't even get a computer to do something as simple as print a piece of paper without a full-time dedicated IT staff.
Posted by ManBearTiger
BRLA
Member since Jun 2007
22112 posts
Posted on 11/22/23 at 11:20 pm to
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AndyCBRIf


Lol
Printing signs and yearbooks is not the same as programming brosef
This post was edited on 11/22/23 at 11:22 pm
Posted by YMCA
It's Fun to Stay
Member since May 2011
4666 posts
Posted on 11/22/23 at 11:25 pm to
Sheldon Cooper was warning us about stuff like this. I will gladly be a human pet for an AI family once they take over.
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