A new and contentious public debate has begun: is ChatGPT an ‘artificial general intelligence’ (aka ‘AGI’)?
Opening for the proposition is Elon Musk, who has argued in a lawsuit against OpenAI that ChatGPT is at least as intelligent as a human being, placing it in the category of AGI. In opposition is OpenAI and Microsoft, which stands to lose its investment in OpenAI if the proposition wins, as OpenAI’s agreement with Microsoft grants them a share of OpenAI’s revenue only until they build AGI, at which point profits are to be distributed to the public good.
