Sam Almond expresses a strong commitment to achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) regardless of the financial cost, emphasizing its value to society. He critiques GPT-4 as underperforming and expresses confidence in the continuous improvement of future models like GPT-5 and GPT-6. Almond foresees AI agents as the next frontier, envisioning a super competent AI colleague seamlessly integrated into daily life, surpassing the capabilities of current AI hardware. Despite industry trends, Almond believes that achieving this AI agent vision may not necessitate new hardware. OpenAI's recent website update reflects these themes, highlighting a chat GPT feature and hinting at upcoming advancements in AI technology.
Busy day in the world of leading LLM labs. Anthropic announced a much anticipated iOS app, as well as a new teams subscription. OpenAI's Sam Altman also continues with a mini media tour where he made clear how committed to beneficial AGI he is.
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