Tech leaders sure do say some wacky things. But AI tech leaders perhaps say the wackiest things (here’s looking at you, Palantir CEO). Not one to be outdone, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently had a sit-down with YouTuber Relentless where he shared that he’s not only hopeful for the AI singularity, but believes it’s already upon us.
He says, “We are now, like in the singularity, like this is the moment”. Altman continues, “10 years ago this was like a kind of far-off dream at best. It seemed very improbable, and now we’re like, actually in the moment that we used to talk about at the lunch table in a very not serious way.”
For those of you who aren’t into science fiction, the singularity refers to the moment where the growth of robots (or in this case, AI) has surpassed human control or human intelligence (in this case, the latter). Effectively, the moment where you can’t exactly put the genie back in the bottle. Altman seems to believe that generative AI has already become so powerful that it’s surpassing human intelligence.
Altman says, “I’ve been waiting for this my whole life, and I think it’s going to be incredible, hugely positive, awesome for the world.”