#AGI
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Arjun Sha
Speaking at the NYT's DealBook summit, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said AGI will matter much less and the safety concerns don't come at the AGI moment. He also said OpenAI will achieve AGI much sooner than most people think.
Miles Brundage, former Head of Policy Research and Senior Advisor for the AGI Readiness team has quit OpenAI. Brundage says he wants to work in the non-profit sector for greater freedom to publish.
AGI is the ultimate AI system that can match or surpass human capabilities, be it intellectual reasoning or performing complex tasks that require cognitive thinking, just like humans. OpenAI says that AGI can be achieved within the next 10 years, whereas other AI researchers believe that AGI is still two to three decades away. While AGI can lead to many scientific discoveries, experts warn that it can also be catastrophic to humanity.
While we are currently using AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini, more powerful AI systems are on the horizon. AI agents, AGI, and Superintelligence are the next frontier of highly-powerful AI systems. Superintelligence, in particular, is said to be even more powerful than humans and AGI. To learn more about Superintelligence, go through our explainer.