Sam Altman thinks AI has reached ‘singularity’, but why isn’t he concerned?

OpenAI boss Sam Altman, the brain behind ChatGPT, has declared that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has reached the “singularity”, a point in the realm of science fiction when it outpaces human intelligence and becomes harder to control.

While the declaration could be a cause of concern for many, Altman thinks it would be good for the world.

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“We’re now, like, in the singularity,” Altman said during his Saturday’s appearance on the Relentless podcast, a documentary series “about the pursuit of far-fetched ideas and unusual aspirations.”

“Now we’re actually in the moment that we used to talk about at the lunch table in a very not-serious way,” he said.

The OpenAI CEO further added, “I’ve been waiting for this my whole life, and I think it’s going to be incredible, hugely positive, awesome for the world.”

Criticises those calling AI advancement dangerous

Without naming anyone, Altman also criticised AI leaders who warns that the technology may be dangerous, calling their vision “terrifying”.

“I also think some of the alternative visions painted by other companies are quite terrifying,” said Altman. “I’m going to make sure that gets pushed against and is not what happens.”

Earlier last month, Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, a competitor of Altman’s OpenAI, had warned that world of risks AI may pose to the human world, calling upon AI companies to pause the development of advanced AI systems.

Amodei warned that AI is improving so quickly that it will soon be out of control for humans.

“…it would be good for the world to have the option to slow or temporarily pause” its development,” Anthropic said in a blogpost on June 4.