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Swede

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33. Yeah, that was a great story.

Reply to JanMichael (Reply #30)

Fri Nov 24, 2023, 09:55 AM

Nov 2023

Total bummer also. Harlan Ellison at his best.

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OpenAI staff reportedly warned the board about an AI breakthrough that could threaten humanity before Altman firing [View all] LudwigPastorius Nov 2023 OP

People involved in AI have been gaslighting BootinUp Nov 2023 #1

So, OpenAI's board fired Altman as a... LudwigPastorius Nov 2023 #6

I don't feel the need to understand that part of it BootinUp Nov 2023 #7

What is AGI? mahina Nov 2023 #29

Artificial general intelligence Sympthsical Nov 2023 #31

Thanks very much - that makes sense mahina Nov 2023 #36

I never forgot how watching the movie 2001 Space odyssey as a kid and Hal the computer took over kimbutgar Nov 2023 #2

HAL. Colossus. WOPR. Bender. The list goes on. Yep, we're boned. nt Buns_of_Fire Nov 2023 #3

At least they're not writing cook books... Hugin Nov 2023 #15

But I thought intrepidity Nov 2023 #4

explain how monetization and widespread promotion stopdiggin Nov 2023 #11

Because he saw it as inevitable and wanted the public widely aware? intrepidity Nov 2023 #28

They say hildegaard28 Nov 2023 #5

How could anyone be dumb enough to want to replace Altman with the Twitch guy. BrightKnight Nov 2023 #8

"Now you've gone and done it!!!!!!!" NameAlreadyTaken Nov 2023 #9

"Solving grade school math" is a big scary. One really has to reach to fear that kind of progress. Silent Type Nov 2023 #10

AI is already being used in medicine stopdiggin Nov 2023 #12

Yep, remember the panic for Y2K. newdayneeded Nov 2023 #13

I believe the concern is that this project has... LudwigPastorius Nov 2023 #20

Computers have been solving math problems since at least the 1960s. It's exciting for mankind. Silent Type Nov 2023 #23

Sure, computers can solve all kinds of problems. LudwigPastorius Nov 2023 #24

Now AI can do math at my level - third grade. And I'm an engineer! Wonder Why Nov 2023 #14

I'm saving running around in small circles screaming... Hugin Nov 2023 #17

It seems like solving simple math equations would be a slam dunk for AI. Granted Gaugamela Nov 2023 #16

For a good contrarian viewpoint, Disaffected Nov 2023 #18

I like that guy Sympthsical Nov 2023 #32

Computers could always do math Farmer-Rick Nov 2023 #19

Dude! Roomba, man! Hugin Nov 2023 #21

Hilarious Farmer-Rick Nov 2023 #38

I, for one, welcome our new computer overlords and am willing to sell out the human population. Ray Bruns Nov 2023 #22

AI might reason that humans are a cancer upon this planet, and wipe us out. Oneironaut Nov 2023 #25

This is the only logical conclusion AI can Polly Hennessey Nov 2023 #26

A superintelligent AI isn't likely to consider... LudwigPastorius Nov 2023 #27

Gotta have the 3 rules, ya know... nt yagotme Nov 2023 #37

This is when I like to trot out: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream JanMichael Nov 2023 #30

Yeah, that was a great story. Swede Nov 2023 #33

I'll be more worried when ChatGPT can identify how to identify letters within words LymphocyteLover Nov 2023 #34

Secret project named "Q"? tinrobot Nov 2023 #35