The Future of AGIs

OpenAI is leveraging economies of scale by offering a range of pricing options, from high-end models to low-cost general purpose ones. They are effectively price discriminating and confident in the reliability of their chat GPT models. OpenAI is focusing on both a retail base model that can be used by a wide range of customers, as well as more powerful, narrowly tailored versions for specific use cases. This approach allows them to cater to different customer needs while maintaining control and satisfying stringent reliability requirements, as seen with their flagship partner, Coca-Cola. OpenAI's strategy may make it challenging for competitors to recoup their training costs and could narrow the field of large foundation model providers. However, concerns about the long-term safety profile of AGIs persist. Overall, OpenAI's approach to deploying AGIs involves a combination of a retail model and multiple tailored and powerful AGIs, each serving different purposes.